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MICHELMAS
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since 2012-02-15

Posts 305
Lancashire England

0 posted 2012-04-30 09:12 AM

Polar White

So gleaming white her fur, her pads upon the flow
Her cubs now weaned and gone, she taught them all they know
Below a breathing hole, a seal comes up for air
Her forepaw reaches down, the seal can only stare
She wonders at the Sun, this Arctic summer day
The warmth that creates life, but melts the ice away
Soon driven to the shore, where food's so hard to find
And do we really care, and are we so unkind
And watch her as she swims, the never ending sea
Her head above the waves, magnificent is she
And soon will come the day, no paw prints on the snow
And perhaps upon your bed a faux fur quilt you'll throw
The setting of the Sun, and Arctic winds to moan
Now too late to care, no longer will she roam.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-04-30 09:27 AM

Global warming / All a sham . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2012-04-30 10:10 AM

Just saw a special on polar bears and it it getting rough for them, what with the ice melting etc. Very well done.

Lori

Startime1955
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since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

3 posted 2012-04-30 10:30 AM

Your writing always brings to mind such vivid visions...such a sad truth in these words...

Eloise
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since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

4 posted 2012-04-30 02:31 PM

The imagery was wonderful. Great writing.

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2012-05-01 02:52 AM

A sad reality.
ms. e

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

6 posted 2012-05-01 03:05 AM

Sad what man has done to the planet.
Fossil fuels and the internal combustion engines, the factories etc.

Actually the polar bear's fur is transparent but picks up the color.
This is one of the most fierce animals on the planet but also one of the most beautiful.

Good poem and you make very good points.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

MICHELMAS
Member

since 2012-02-15

Posts 305
Lancashire England

7 posted 2012-05-01 04:23 AM

thank you all for the comments

Michael

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