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
- Федор Сологуб – Кольцо и венок
- Life a chess game by Tanisha Avarsekar
- Омар Хайям – Будь все добро мое кирпич один, в кружало
- Аля Кудряшева – Дождь напевает, искрясь по зарослям
- When I heard at the Close of the Day. by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet LIII by William Shakespeare
- Robert Burns: Epigram On The Said Occasion [On A Henpecked Country Squire]:
- Sonnet 44: If the dull substance of my flesh were thought by William Shakespeare
- Огюст Барбье – Барабанщик Барра
- Love’s Wisdom poem – Alfred Austin
- Степан Щипачев – Зрение
- Love Poem by Aditya Kumar
- Pegasus at Wanlockhead by Robert Burns
- Let Me Tide Over by Vattacharja Chandan
- I hear it was Charged against Me. by Walt Whitman
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).
