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On danger’s brink

Green earth’s Day is today
To pledge to stop its decay
To stop a minute to think
Of being on danger’s brink

Having eliminated many a link
Food chain doth in adversity sink
Waters poisoned with hazardous wastes
Nonbiodegradable garbage, new mountains
Uncontrolled gases from modern comforts
Put globe’s roof in warming discomforts
Denuded forests disturbing wild life
Goad natural forces into horrid strife
Genetic engineering a Frankenstein’s toy
Waits to wipe out eventually people’s joy
Laboratories are hiding horrors unborn
Purpose and ethics from research are torn.

New is an evolution unknown to Darwin
A metamorphosis undreamt of by Freud
The roaring lions are now meowing
The cackling hens are here crowing
After atomic and chemical weapon
Humanity’s latest threat in motion!

[crazy]

:P

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A like-minded friend's comment in another site where I had posted this simultaneously


<Sarada v. says:

valid lament of an eco-conscious mind.Well said ( or "versed" !)When will we awaken to stem to the degradation?Sigh !........but the last stanza! Beguiling ! concerns going beyond the mere physical earth - into realms of Inner degradation......lions and hens !....rings true, especially to the generation older than Gen-X ! Still, a thought,dear. Did the hen crow (or roar) because of changed times or did times change because the hen crowed ? Adapting to the flow,which is directed by not one but a thousand defining factors , would seem like darwinian metamorphosis, no ?......(BTW, never subscribed much to that old Freud ! - the chap studied troubled minds and postulated blanket theories for whole humanity ! My opinion !)- regards >

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As part of the celebrations for environmental awareness tomorrow an environmental association had announced essay, poem & painting competitions with a title for each. Here is my entry:

Environment of today’s Madurai and tomorrow’s Madurai which I like

Our Madurai, a gem among cities ancient,
Shaped uniquely like a lotus magnificent,
Sung in epics and sangam literature,
Rich in refined and lofty culture
Retains its original style, flavour and face;
Resists the shocking ultramodern global pace,
Never stopped growing grander, brighter, broader
A steady expansion sees our beloved city’s border;
Wooded surroundings of buildings survived changes
Of rulers and reigns, always cherished down the ages.

Small and old parks interspersed in our dear city
With proper care may render health and beauty-
Lungs of the buzzing city in reality
Make chances of pure air available plenty;
Now in Madurai like a lovely dazzling damsel
One exemplary Eco Park doth in green grace excel,
A lot more good and joy may come here to dwell
If other parts of the city get a similar one as well.

Bright, bushy, flowery medians may
Cheer everyone commuting either way
On roads branching out like green arms
From the gracefully growing city of charms,
A real feast shall they be to the eye
While to vehicular pollution saying bye
Let them hold bouquets of warm welcome-
Smiles of hospitality, fresh and winsome.

Our good old king Asoka shall we copy
And on highways create a green canopy.
Lush lotus and lily ponds are for apartments gone,
Grow huge, shady trees in their common areas to atone!
Find ways to propagate the message and the seeds
Making us Maduraites aware of our green needs!
When we gift someone a bouquet of flowers
After a few hours the bright beauty withers;
If we present a sapling with pleasure
It shall grow into a lifetime treasure.

Out of small seeds do mighty oaks grow-
In small kids’ minds green ideas let us sow.
May this urgent message all quarters reach
And let us practice what we here preach!
To create an Eden shall we dream and dare
And watch it materialize with our tender care!
Plant shall we a cool, green tomorrow
And wisely avoid unwanted sorrow.

Strongly shall we say ‘no’ to non-degradable waste,
Hence shall we surely ethereal pleasures taste.
No more scattered litter be found anywhere,
Each citizen be ever on toes to fulfil his share
Of keeping our own city clean and green.
As a real paradise will it soon be seen,
Enviable name and fame shall be ours-
United we stand to prove our powers.
Our tireless greening efforts shall not stop
Till our proud city reaches the list’s top.


(The results of the competitions are awaited).

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And that helps improve/increase your vocabulary!

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The Empty Nest

Flitted the pair hither and thither
Dedicated in their endeavour
Filled the air with their twitter
Their project was no small matter

Little time had they to lose
Tugging at twigs to choose
The right place for their nest
A spot that shall be the safest

The selection over execution began
Building the nest as fast as they can
A cosy little home neatly woven
All their inborn skills got proven

Pat came the eggs as expected
And the hatching phase started
Much resembling a penance
Unbelievable is their patience

Out came the awaited nestlings
Feeble screeching hungry things
The parents rested not a moment
On endless food hunt they went

The beady eyes soon opened
A fast growth then happened
With downy feathers and tiny wings
Fluffy balls were those fledgelings

Time was ripe to venture out
Anxious moments no doubt
To guide them the parents sweated
And of dangers were they alerted

The hectic training ended
A heavy silence descended
Do birds like humans grieve
To see their children leave?

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Wonder of the Era

It is awake round the clock
Its eyelids never seem to lock

Attracts man and woman equally
By far the humankind’s best ally

Fail not its long tentacles to probe
Each nook and corner of the globe

An addiction for young and old
Hooked irredeemably in its hold

Stands on fingertip the wide world
To see realms of fantasies unfurled

A fitting forum for gossip spicy
Amid gleeful absence of secrecy

A proper vehicle for all our thoughts
Listeners gathered in amicable knots

A genie waiting for our command
To fulfill any task we may demand

A sage with answers to all queries
To clear away doubts and worries

An audio-video feast of choice
Acclaimed cheerily in one voice

The best resort for rest and work alike
To learn, to earn, the best bet to strike

A companion for lonely souls to hold fast
Making cruel boredom a thing of the past

How can it belong to the neuter gender,
The internet, our new era’s best wonder?

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2010

Twenty is followed by its half
Time to feel light and laugh

Two thousand years and ten
Twice and more joy for men

Two tens keep a single ten near
Be not tense, peace descends here

A zero after number two, another after one are seen:
He and she tho’ two become one with love between

Twenty marching ahead, ten trailing behind
Heralds the golden era of sublime mankind

Nought stands after two and nought again after one
No enemy for you and me, one world with war gone

Two thousand and ten is a number round
May health, wealth and mirth then abound!