Nature chokes on smog
her fragile, mortal
breath exhales
industrial toxins escape
in ozone-wasting
expiration
~
Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me
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Nature chokes on smog
her fragile, mortal
breath exhales
industrial toxins escape
in ozone-wasting
expiration
~
Words and Photography ©2018 Tanya Cliff ~ to contact me
Bookmark the permalink.
Wow!
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Thank you! 🙏😊
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You are welcome, it was a pleasure to read!
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That encourages me!
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I’m glad to hear that!
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Splendid poem.
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Thank you so much, Hélène! 💕
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Beautiful writing.
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Thank you, Miranda! 😊
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As nature chokes so do we all.
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Absolutely, Colleen! We need to take good care of this beautiful world we share.
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We do indeed Tanya.
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Powerful words, Tanya, and I most certainly agree. It’s just beyond me how so many of our brothers and sisters in this human family of ours seemingly cannot see what is so plainly before their eyes … just how much we are torturing this planet we call home. Thank you for this, my friend!
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Thank you, Jonathan! I love your remarks. We owe it to ourselves and our future generations to take care of this beautiful planet we call home.
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Indeed we do!
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Tanya, well done on a very sad and alarming topic. Keith
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Thank you, Keith! It is all of that. We must do more to protect this beautiful planet we share.
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Both meanings of the final word are, alas, present …
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Agreed. Certainly, there are enough resources and creative minds in this world to do more than we are doing. We share a beautiful planetary home, and we have no place else to go. Thanks, Dave!
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Quite brilliant!
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Thank you so much! I am glad you liked it. ☺
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Reblogged this on davidbruceblog #2.
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Thank you! It means a lot to me that you share these.
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