Haiku The sky is crying The teardrops of a planet Dying from neglect Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Tag: Planet
Red Tide
There is danger down below
In the Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida’s coast
Today looks like its toast
There’s a commotion
In the ocean
The algae bloom
Is causing doom
Toxins are in the air
And can easily scare
The Red Tide
Cannot be denied
The event is not novel
But it’s certainly awful
Karenia Brevis as it is called
Has left us appalled
Causing humans to cough
A sign to keep off
Dead mammals and fish galore
Line up on our shore
The smell is nauseating
The result devastating
This is nothing new
Just another preview
Of nature doing its thing
Another gift she did bring
Although not manmade
It can still pervade
The planet is crying
Letting us know it’s dying
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Although it doesn’t always make the national news, Red Tide, doesn’t happen too often, but is very real to us in SW Florida. The loss of our sea life is so sad to witness. Beautiful Manatees, Dolphins, Loggerheads and all kinds of fish washed up on the shore is heartbreaking. Tourism is also a large part of our economy and it can have devastating effects on businesses and visitors alike. As if hurricanes weren’t enough! If you would like to know more about Red Tide check out these links below:
https://mote.org/news/florida-red-tide
Todays prompts:
Thirst
Musical sound of rain
Against a corrugated roof
A wordless opera
Of drama and fraught
With worry of how to cope
What nature had brought
The planet’s frown
Sucking rain into its cracks
Giving breath to the roots
Of trees shriveling
Into dust on blistered ground
Parched and crippling
The deluge continues
Day after endless day
The energetic monsoon
Providing the needed fuel
Protecting earth’s mortality
In its season of renewal
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Words Prompts: They were definitely not easy today but I think I managed it!
Moon and the Sun
The moon struggled to rise
One night, as the sun
Gasped towards the sea
Leaving the day undone
The earth overheated
From disregard and denial
Left us breathless this night
Waiting for the moon’s arrival
An arrangement was needed
To placate the moon
A possibility of compromise
But communication inopportune
With neither ever meeting
At anytime in the sky
An intermediary is required
Our actions yet another black eye
We are the conduits
For continual balance of the Earth
We must care for it with love
It is suffering from a dearth
Losing precious inventory
With ignorant decisions
Responsibility disregarded
Leading to ultimate derision
Shooting ourselves in the foot
Leaving a permanent disability
With nothing for our children to inherit
Except the irreversibility
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Daily Prompts:
The Plastic Sea
The Plastic Sea
Seabirds trussed like turkeys
On Thanksgiving Day
Dolphins’ dorsal fins cut with fishing line
Is just another way for us to betray
Sea creatures swallowing grocery bags
Thinking they are jellyfish
Turtles strangled in synthetics
Surely you couldn’t wish this
Our commitment to save the planet
Includes the oceans too
Choking their inhabitants
Is really askew
We are filling our seas
With torturing plastic
Shame is what we must own
Act now, this situation is drastic
Christine Bolton