Friday, September 20, 2019

Special Feature: Environmentally Conscious Haiku and Tanka for Global Climate Strike

                                                                                          climate march
                                                                                          the pink-haired girl face to face
                                                                                          with a Trump cutout

Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone.


My Dear Friends:

Today, students and adults are rallying across the globe, demanding immediate action on climate change.

Share with you the following environmentally conscious poems published on NeverEnding Story to increase public awareness about environmental problems, spark new reflections, and add a new layer of complexity to pondering difficult questions raised by Global Climate Strike

Selected Haiku and Tanka:

old pond
      oil slick rainbows
                  slip in

Lorin Ford

with the plastic bag
a stork wraps the moon
on its head

Ken Sawitri

first to bud
uprooted shrubs
in the landfill

LeRoy Gorman

waves of plastic
breaking on the shore
gathering for more

Jack Galmitz

a new rock,
plastiglomerate
litters the shore --
will the words I leave behind
also survive the seas?

Janet Lynn Davis

canyon stream
dried to a slit
of clear sky

Jane Reichhold

dry season --
we haul echoes
from the well

Carl Seguiban

(r)egret along the riverbank acid rain

Marianne Paul

Fukushima --
a kingfisher catches
stained moonbeams

Judit Katalin Hollos

treasure hunting
in the Yamuna river
for your love
all I find is fear
mixed with plastic

Aruna Rao

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