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
- To Aphrodite by Sappho
- Владимир Маяковский – Даешь материальную базу
- Collecting Milkweed by Satish Verma
- Омар Хайям – Мы источник веселья, и скорби рудник
- libation.html
- A Secret by Sylvia Plath
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Forget-me-nots by Vishü Rita Krocha
- SELF-WATCH by Satish Verma
- A Wold Friend by William Barnes
- I saw Old General at Bay. by Walt Whitman
- God fashioned the ship of the world carefully. by Stephen Crane
- The Gardener LVII: I Plucked Your Flower by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Benefactors Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Boot And Saddle by Robert Browning
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).
