The Battle of an National Icon
by Norma Martiri
Towering gum trees stand majestic
Eucalyptus, nature’s domestic.
Adorable with real distinction
Staring down the barrel of extinction.
Habitats devoured by hungry machines
Apathetic world needs other means.
Frightened koalas cling to felled trees
Greedy developers do as they please.
Urban sprawl, a disease to nature
Progress ensures there’ll be no future.
The race is on to save furry friends
On us our treasured icon depends.
Copyright ©: 2011 Norma Martiri
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Never Try To Trick Me With A Kiss by Sylvia Plath
- Noah by Siegfried Sassoon
- Olney Hymn 43: Prayer For Patience by William Cowper
- Владимир Маяковский – Гевлок Вильсон
- Thanatos Basileos poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Under The Blue Skies… poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Reading by William Marr
- Miscast I poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Screw-Guns by Rudyard Kipling
- The Holy Mountain of Hope by Thomas Ziemer
- Expressive Moments by Pamela Griffiths
- Alfred’s Song poem – Alfred Austin
- Омар Хайям – До коих пор униженный позор терпеть
- Epitaph in a Church-Yard in Charleston, South Carolina poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Feelings Of The Tyrolese by William Wordsworth
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Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
