World Environment Day

A recent scene on television, of elephant tusks being burned, brought to mind these two poems of mine.   With World Environment Day approaching on 5th June 2016.  It seems appropriate to post them on my blog.

               Images of elephants 

Silent elephants

In the dusty Savannah

Weeping together

For the loss of their leader

Killed for her ivory tusks

…………………………….

 

Elephants use tusks

For lifting heavy objects,

Digging for water

And scratching for minerals

Ivory hunters sell them.

 

©Brenda Williams

 

 

May Day Festival

May Day was rather a damp squib for most people, with so much rain.  Here is a shape poem, of how it should be celebrated.

May Day 

Here’s the maypole on the green.  Here’s a happy village scene.

Here are children having fun. Carrying garlands in the sun.

Under, over,

Lift

and

 dip

Round the maypole

dance

 and

skip.

Weave the ribbons

red

and

 green

The prettiest ribbons

I

have

 seen.

Hobby horses

leap

 and

prance.

Jingling bells

as

children

dance.

Morris dancers

beat

and

clap

With wooden sticks

and heels

 that

tap.

 

©Brenda Williams