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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- Traveling Through The Dark by William Stafford
- Robert Burns: Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame:
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- In The Chapel Of Rest by Steve Sant
- Intruder
- On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Must Work by Steve Downes
- Федор Сологуб – Терцинами писать как будто очень трудно
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Билла Сиггера
- Sonnet 80: O, how I faint when I of you do write by William Shakespeare
- September 1815 by William Wordsworth
- A man saw a ball of gold in the sky by Stephen Crane
- Ad Nepotem by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Владимир Степанов – Рассказ оружейника
- Шекспир – Про черный день – Сонет 63
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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).
