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
- Fight to a Finish by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Passing of Stumpy Shore by Mervyn John Webster
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Потоки
- An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic by Vachel Lindsay
- In The Forest by Sarojini Naidu
- The Borders by Sharon Olds
- Эмиль Верхарн – Заблуждение
- Late Fragment by Raymond Carver
- No LOVE by venkatesh.valusa
- Feroza
- An Insolent Jew
- Towards Break Of Day by William Butler Yeats
- It Is Not A Word by Sara Teasdale
- The Conjugation of the Paramecium by Muriel Rukeyser
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Ночью
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).
