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Seasons

June 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry

Plumes of smoke

on a cold

Winter’s day

bring thoughts

of warmth and

community

and human

busyness and

achievement.

Plumes of smoke

on a hot

Summer’s day

bring thoughts

of destruction

and terror

and loss and

anger and

failure.

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Darkness at noon

January 5, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, History, poetry

The fog

of war,

the smoke

of climate

change

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Value of nothing

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, guns, History, poetry, politics, tax

Politicians

and journalists

always demand to

know, and then

reject, the cost of

measures to conserve

the environment.

But neither ever

ask the cost

of war.

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An app by any other name

December 8, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, poetry

I have an

“Anxiety

App” that

generates

anxiety.

It’s also

called

“Fires near me”

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The drumbeat of hooves

December 5, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry

Every morning

I awake wondering

if this is the day

a million red

horses of the

apocalypse

will come galloping

over the western hills.

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My way or the highway

November 21, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, climate change, evolution, guns, History, literature, poetry, politics, science

All of us,

really,

have one track

minds.

Some of us,

though,

are happy to

explore

side tracks,

exit signs,

underpasses,

overpasses,

lay-bys,

and alternate

scenic routes.

And some of

us aren’t.

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Ashes

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, History, poetry

The ashes of

koalas are

blackening

the beaches of

Australia

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Collective noun

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, cancer, climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry, politics, science

I awake,

each morning,

to a shudder,

of anxieties.

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Stay safe, my friends

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry

Don’t give me

a home among

the gum trees

when it is

bushfire

season.

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