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nature, Poetry

I Am Earth: Poem of a Dying Planet and Humanity’s Final Warning

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This poem is the third one I’ve written entitled I Am Earth. You can find the others here and here. They are also published in my poetry books, Miscellaneous Thoughts and One Poem a Day.


I am Earth
I am your mother.
I gave you birth.

For your greed
You plunder my wealth
And weaken me.

You care not
For my other offspring
You let them die.

Seas and oceans
You are destroying
With all your waste.

They will die
No life will be left
In their depths.

Unlike you
I think of the future
For each child.

All the life
That lives on my skin
Is in danger.

Think of this.
You are a parasite
That kills its host.

You will die
From wars and heat.
I won’t cry.

I WILL START AGAIN.

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Is Humanity Doomed?

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I accidentally scheduled this to go out at 3:35 pm instead of midnight and can’t find a way to change the scheduling! Apologies if you were looking for it earlier!

A week ago I read this.

Professor William Rees, of the University of British Columbia, in Canada, known for coming up with the concept of “ecological footprint” of human actions, talks about a “massive population correction”.

Read here

Many people, I suspect will completely ignore this, saying it’s panic-mongering. The comment that I found the most telling is that there is the science to do something about it, but not the political will.
This (overpopulation) has been ignored by both individuals and governments. It’s somewhat obvious to me that the more people there are, the more we consume, thus increasing the pressure on land, for food production, increasing the release of greenhouse gases (more ‘things’ need to be produced to satisfy demand and more transport) and depleting the Earth’s resources. This is the only place we have to live and get all we need. If that goes, we’re sunk.

What do you think are the likely scenarios of the next 100 years? Do you agree with the viewpoint of these scientists? I would love to hear what you think.

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