Encroaching drought - farmers despair
Recalling
Thirties’ “Dust bowl” scare
Crops planted
suffer in sharp heat
As reservoirs
once full, deplete…
Green fields lose
their emerald touch
As lack of rain
destroys so much;
More mountain snow
melts clean away
Is water
shortage here to stay?
Advancing
deserts, more parched land!
When will world
leaders understand -
That this is no
‘one-time’ event?
And “all hands
to the pump” is meant!
Harsh talk of “point
of no return”;
While round the
globe our forests burn;
Such petty
squabbles hit the news
And social
media’s inane views
Put serious
scientists aside;
Meanwhile, for
many, hopes have died
As prolonged
droughts reach new extremes
And global
warnings flood our dreams...
(c) Poet in the woods 2021
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