The Battle of an National Icon by Norma Martiri

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

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The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave 

Talking Writing Monster.

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).

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