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
- The Bridge by Shel Silverstein
- Global Warning by Mike Yuan
- Dedication by Rudyard Kipling
- To My Brother George poem – John Keats poems
- Николай Языков – Посвящение А. А. Воейковой «Песни короля Регнера»
- In Memoriam A. H. H.: 16. I Envy not in any Moods poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot
- In Memory of Sigmund Freud by W. H. Auden
- Вера Павлова – Толстые икры правителей
- As the Time Draws Nigh. by Walt Whitman
- Низами Гянджеви – Искендер-наме – Страница 13 из 15
- The Sea And the Hills by Rudyard Kipling
- The Miller’s Daughter poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Олег Бундур – Про затрещины
- Not Here by Rumi
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).
