Poem A Day Challenge April 28, 2019

My eco anxiety is real and well founded. Yesterday we experienced record breaking blizzards at the end of April in two provinces who have elected rightwing climate change denying governments.

 earth wept

 in region
after region,
earth
sobs
angry tears
howls
storms
of frustration

 ordinary squalls
shift into
successively
sinister

 ARkstorms,
blizzards
cyclones
hurricanes
the new
normal,
category
4 and 5
expected

 explosions of
air and water
flood and flush
plants, timber,
animal inhabitants
and the land itself
into malevolent
dead seas

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  1. Linda BApril 28, 2019 at 8:42 AM

    I didn't hear about the blizzards, but about the snow in our north & east. We have that cold coming down tonight & moisture from the south, snow predicted! How can anyone not understand the changes as "the earth sobs". Thanks for writing it so poignantly, Cheriee.

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