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
- After the Last Glacier is Gone by Benjamin Alva Polley
- Tears
- Владимир Высоцкий – У Доски, где почётные граждане
- The Happy Townland by William Butler Yeats
- Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
- Unknown Bird by W. S. Merwin
- Hai Kou
- Олег Бундур – Зимнее утро
- Composed At The Same Time And On The Same Occasion by William Wordsworth
- Glory Of Women by Siegfried Sassoon
- on the edge of the seat by Raj Arumugam
- Владимир Маяковский – Октябрьский марш
- Ode to Superstition
- Cino poem – Ezra Pound poems
- The Stinging Nettle poem – A. E. Housman
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).
