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
- Нина Гаген-Торн – На свете есть много мук
- Michelle Obama Tribute by Susan King Saunders
- Forever
- Ballade Of Dead Ladies poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Book Fifth-Books by William Wordsworth
- Follower by Seamus Heaney
- Жан де Лафонтен – Фортуна и Дитя
- The Last Tournament poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- In A Wood by Thomas Hardy
- Николай Глазков – Покуда карты не раскрыты
- Алексей Жемчужников – Старик
- Ольга Седакова – То в теплом золоте, в широких переплетах
- Sonnet. On Peace poem – John Keats poems
- On The Death Of Mrs. Throckmorton’s Bullfinch by William Cowper
- Вера Звягинцева – Моя любовь к Армении похожа
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).
