extinction

  • A Nest Of Ashes  –  The Silent Lament of the Dodo: A Tale of Extinction and Human Greed

      The extinction of the Dodo bird symbolizes the destructive impact of human greed on nature, exemplified by the 1600s arrival of European colonizers in Mauritius, which led to overhunting, deforestation, and the introduction of invasive species. This exploitative mindset persists today, with industrial demands from countries like China further accelerating species destruction. Both Western

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  • Transforming Our Future: From Extinction to Empowerment

      This is a variant of https://addyjjwala.com/2024/06/25/from-extinction-to-empowerment-shaping-a-sustainable-world/ I came up this abridged version since I was told that the poem referred to above was too lengthy and boring. I hope you like it.   Earth groans, a symphony in pain,Creatures vanish, a silent rain.The UN’s plea, can humanity see?Our biosphere’s ravaged, we hold the key.

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  • The Gentle Gorilla…

      Deep in the emerald heart of the jungle, a shadow falls over a mighty gorilla. This is no ordinary gloom; it’s a despair born from witnessing the destruction of his world. In the poem, “The Gentle Gorilla,” we enter the mind of this magnificent creature, where the symphony of nature clashes with the discordant

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  • Farewell by the last male Northern White Rhino.

      The world dims, a slow fade into a sorrowful gray. I stand alone, the very last of my kind, a monument to a species lost. My breaths come shallow, a rasp against the silence of extinction. Listen, for this is the final elegy, a lament for the beauty we were, a warning for the

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  • I contemplate…

    I contemplate…

      Read intently, for within these lines lies a secret not of humans, but of a feline observer. A cat, wise and watchful, contemplates a world consumed by a strange kind of hunger – a hunger not for food, but for something far more destructive. Let this poem be your window into a world seen

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