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Climate Report
The hottest March, now ten months in a row.
Women from Switzerland have won their case;
Climate safety is one more human right.
There’s progress, but at far too slow a pace.
The likes of Greta Thunberg talk good sense,
Reminding us that we don’t do enough,
Because we are addicted to our jaunts
And piling up excess, transported stuff.
Although the world revolves an...
Wednesday 10th April 2024 9:57 pm
Too Late?
The hottest January ever;
We’ve passed the one point five degrees.
Climate change is on the march,
Frying the air and boiling the seas.
Do not say we didn’t warn you;
We have been banging on for years.
But the actions of our leaders
Are running decades in arrears.
And don’t pretend it’s all fake news
Or the facts are inconclusive;
Evidence for such opinions
...Sunday 11th February 2024 5:55 pm
Science is Divided
The oceans rise and temperatures rocket,
But we have the answer in our pocket.
A glossy document, signed and dated –
Oh, come on, you should be elated –
In which we promise to slightly reduce
The poisonous discharges we let loose.
Not straight away, of course, you understand;
There are more pressing urgencies at hand.
Nearby, a man sinks down beneath the waves;
His ...
Wednesday 22nd November 2023 9:37 pm
COP28
The hottest year ever, again;
We’re pigging out on greenhouse gases.
COP Twenty-Eight will be here soon,
That shamefest of chancers and asses.
The leaders set themselves targets,
Then contrive to miss them by miles,
Seasoning failure with blah-blah
And their well-practiced plastic smiles.
Meanwhile, siren voices tell us:
Get out there, get out there and score!
...Sunday 12th November 2023 9:48 pm
Protestor
I block the traffic in the road;
And chain my body to railings,
To illustrate the catalogue
Of governments’ climate failings.
I march in the demonstrations,
Sit down on the Minister’s lawn,
To give some hope to the children
And those who have not yet been born.
Last month I was twice arrested,
For challenging this dirty game.
Fines and days in court are...
Saturday 21st October 2023 4:18 pm
Molten Man
I am a molten man;
My flabby, molten face
Is looking up at you
As you beam down from space.
I used to look quite nice
When common sense ruled here,
In times we did not trash
The assets of this sphere.
You visitors would see
A smart, contented Earth,
Which knew instinctively
How to respect its worth.
But sadly man has struck
And chopped and grou...
Sunday 8th October 2023 9:28 pm
Uxbridge
We’re all for fighting climate change,
Until the choice gets tough;
Don't try to meddle with our cars,
Our holidays, our stuff.
What beats the smell of petrol fumes,
The whiff of kerosene,
The closet full of unworn clothes,
The cinema-sized screen?
We'll stand behind the barricades
To fight off this green crap,
And watch the lifestyle we deserve
Fall stra...
Friday 21st July 2023 4:58 pm
Conundrum
We know the climate is changing;
We know that the atmosphere roasts.
We know too soon many places
Will be fit for no one but ghosts.
Yet we demand our holidays
And haggle for more and more stuff;
With regard to our consumption,
Excesses are never enough.
We all profess to love nature
And take the environment’s slant,
But we are pursuing lifestyles
Wh...
Monday 11th July 2022 5:19 pm
Climate Change and us (Updated version of a poem posted on 24 September 2020)
Climate Change and us
The planet turns, the planet turns;
The adults fiddle while Rome burns.
And children yet to be conceived
Have every right to feel aggrieved.
And us? We plunder wealth from mines
And join the back of frantic lines
In shirtsleeved January sales,
Pursued by ever-warming gales.
Exhausts and power stations spout
Unheeded warnings all ab...
Wednesday 6th October 2021 3:52 pm
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