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
- Robert Burns: Complimentary Versicles To Jessie Lewars: On Her Recovery
- The King of Yellow Butterflies by Vachel Lindsay
- Владимир Маяковский – Чтоб жизнь трудовую наладить заново
- Robert Burns: Versicles On Sign-Posts :
- The Undeniable Pressure of Existence by Patricia Fargnoli
- George and Sarah Green by William Wordsworth
- Most Precious by R. L. Karlowsky
- Crawling At Sea by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Rimmon by Rudyard Kipling
- A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love by William Cowper
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Маленькой Женни
- Song—Blythe hae I been on yon hill by Robert Burns
- Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River by Tu Fu
- Омар Хайям – Не таи в своем сердце обид и скорбей
- To the Same poem – John Milton poems
Some external links:
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).
