#greatbarrierreef - Hello Poetry

There once was beauty beyond belief In far north Queensland’s barrier reef Beneath the surface of the sea There lay a world of fantasy Amid the shallows of the deep Countless crustaceans crawled and creeped A place so different from the land Until it was touched by humans hand Now polluted by plastic sedimentary and decay Has our only solution been washed away Once a wondrous landmark to behold Gone in a heart beat, the oceans tale, told Although there a politicians that still deny A warming ozone will bid the coral colours goodbye Littered white graveyards accomplished the sin If only we had thrown our ******* in the bin A tremendous story of ecological distress Hopefully we can learn from this disastrous mess /gt

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Oct 31, 2018

Oct 31, 2018 at 8:18 AM UTC

bugsy

Coral Bleaching.

There once was beauty beyond belief In far north Queensland’s barrier reef Beneath the surface of the sea There lay a world of fantasy Amid the shallows of the deep Countless crustaceans crawled and creeped A place so different from the land Until it was touched by humans hand Now polluted by plastic sedimentary and decay Has our only solution been washed away Once a wondrous landmark to behold Gone in a heart beat, the oceans tale, told Although there a politicians that still deny A warming ozone will bid the coral colours goodbye Littered white graveyards accomplished the sin If only we had thrown our ******* in the bin A tremendous story of ecological distress Hopefully we can learn from this disastrous mess /gt

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The Great Barrier Reef A beauty born out of rock and sand Seldom touched by human hand An image of beauty Slowly demolished By the unpolished The Great Barrier Reef An unexplained bleaching Its beauty compelling, Its color expelling. It lays in pain, Forever longing a voice. The Great Barrier Reef It burns with heat A half now surrendered To the changes from above A feeling unknown Whirlpools surging Destroying all we’ve known. The Great Barrier Reef She’d given up Hope. The destruction will never stop, Her perseverance now lost. But maybe someday, The world will once again live in peace. The Great Barrier Reef

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Mar 25, 2017

Mar 25, 2017 at 7:00 PM UTC

ravenpoetry

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef A beauty born out of rock and sand Seldom touched by human hand An image of beauty Slowly demolished By the unpolished The Great Barrier Reef An unexplained bleaching Its beauty compelling, Its color expelling. It lays in pain, Forever longing a voice. The Great Barrier Reef It burns with heat A half now surrendered To the changes from above A feeling unknown Whirlpools surging Destroying all we’ve known. The Great Barrier Reef She’d given up Hope. The destruction will never stop, Her perseverance now lost. But maybe someday, The world will once again live in peace. The Great Barrier Reef

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Lone leatherback cruises up from the deep, pausing on the fragile reef to feast ancient eyes upon the show, a bright parade laid out below butterfly couples paired for life, graceful angels in black and white stripe brilliant clowns and their toxic lovers, a plodding gang of giant groupers puffers bob like comic balloons, humble gobies on every menu beaked parrotfish grinding the coral down, in the ears a constant sound cowfish blowing puckered kisses, sea stars catching fishy wishes white-tipped, hammerhead, tiger sharks, triggerfish mean bite worse than their bark untamed unicorns too wild to ride, dogfish snapping, biting alongside coral trout color-shifting fools, attracting ladies in dull-hued schools **** headed wrasse rumbling through, thick lips mumbling go get a room sea horses nod in labyrinth caves, razor-toothed eels lying in wait if tentacled embrace should be your fate, nudibranchs will light the way to a place of bliss, none of this can exist, without the builders coral and algae bewildered, the ways of man egotistical rising ocean temperatures, carbon emissions, and el Niño victim of abundant greed, say goodbye to the Great Barrier Reef so massive is this magical place, one can see it from outer space astronauts witness its demise, ninety-percent barren, bleached bone white.

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Apr 27, 2016

Apr 27, 2016 at 1:58 PM UTC

denel-kessler

Reef

Lone leatherback cruises up from the deep, pausing on the fragile reef to feast ancient eyes upon the show, a bright parade laid out below butterfly couples paired for life, graceful angels in black and white stripe brilliant clowns and their toxic lovers, a plodding gang of giant groupers puffers bob like comic balloons, humble gobies on every menu beaked parrotfish grinding the coral down, in the ears a constant sound cowfish blowing puckered kisses, sea stars catching fishy wishes white-tipped, hammerhead, tiger sharks, triggerfish mean bite worse than their bark untamed unicorns too wild to ride, dogfish snapping, biting alongside coral trout color-shifting fools, attracting ladies in dull-hued schools **** headed wrasse rumbling through, thick lips mumbling go get a room sea horses nod in labyrinth caves, razor-toothed eels lying in wait if tentacled embrace should be your fate, nudibranchs will light the way to a place of bliss, none of this can exist, without the builders coral and algae bewildered, the ways of man egotistical rising ocean temperatures, carbon emissions, and el Niño victim of abundant greed, say goodbye to the Great Barrier Reef so massive is this magical place, one can see it from outer space astronauts witness its demise, ninety-percent barren, bleached bone white.

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