Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Environment Is Greater than Environs

April 19, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22nd.

Today’s poem is a poem for Earth Day about how profoundly the environment is global.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Environment is greater than environs,
As Sahel sand feeds forests in Brazil,
Russian winters cool Antarctic krill,
The price of phones affects the fate of lions.
How foolish, then, to think in terms of nations,
Dividing what is indivisible,
As though each government could work its will.
Yet melting ice can jiggle Earth’s gyrations.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/enviro.html. For more poems for Earth Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/earthdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Earth Day
April 19: Environment Is Greater than Environs

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