hyper-non-ironic poetries of ecocritical awareness!

DONT DESTROY YOUR WORLD AN ALIEN VIEW

by Michael Oldacre

Created on: February 21, 2009


i see your planet that once was so green
your carbon footprint to show where you've been
your trees and your plants are nearly all gone
surely you see this cannot go on

destroying your world where billions live
you poison your rivers of the life blood they give
the rich and the powerful are all who will gain
billions will die only they will remain

so count the cost now before its to late
your world is not dead yet or maybe its fate
so stop the destruction and end it today
you all must find, the alternative way

i still see your planet that once was so green
with mega rich people and money obscene
its time to pay back the things you have took
so stop blaming others and passing the book

I'm only an alien who looks down from above
i don't tell you for money i tell you for love
alone,mega rich, so my story i tell
i destroyed my world with the fires of hell

please save your planet that is the way
plant thousands of trees every day
there life giving gases will help you survive
then maybe one day my ship will arrive


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Poem by APES students about Air Pollution

Irritation of the throat and eyes
All because of formaldehyde
One of 5,000 of your peers
will develop cancer over 10 years

The EPA says today
That air outside is safer in the USA
pollutant levels surrounding buildings and cars
Soar 100 times higher than those areas afar.
These chemicals cause dizziness, headaches, and sneezing
Ask me I'd rather be outside, even if it's freezing.

Radiation burns the soul
Makes a huge gaping hole.
Lots of exposure causes issues
when you're gone; we'll all miss you.
Radon hurts several each year
Oh, dear.

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Pollution Poem

shaane on Sep 14, 2007

How does pollution affect our planet?

Don’t make pollution
Give some solution
We made the pollution
So its up to us
To stop pollution
Pollution is cruel
Pollution makes the world cry
We should open our eyes
And stop it right now
Don’t wait
Please don’t wait
As the ozone is “bout to burst
Save nature
Save mother Earth
Or you will end up
Just like mother Earth
Trash litters the road
Trash stinks the water
And it is not good
For “em to sting you
If gone too far,
It will be too late
It’s not a fence to be painted
You can’t cover it up
When the whole world is tainted.

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Pollution - A Crime Against Nature  

By : Mistress of Word Play 

This poem expresses my concern in the manner we continue to abuse and destroy 

nature in the name of technology.

All the fish are dead and gone, 

yet I remember it had been so long, 

when I fished there with my Dad. 

All the wildlife seems to disappear, 

it is my greatest, haunting fear, 

man has killed all that which we had. 

I walk the gravel road at night,

I see no birds in peaceful flight.

 Where they have gone is a mystery. 

Signs are posted along my way,
I guess to keep us locals at bay. 

Silence hangs thick from every tree. 

Nature seems to always feel the brunt, 

and industry ignores the innocent, 

Progress has a bitter cost.
The air, the ground, and water too, 

are hazards now thanks to you know who, 

I fear we all have lost.

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Pollution

Kimberly Kennedy Bohannon

Pollution here
Pollution there
Pollution everywhere.

Turn around
Without a sound
Choking people
On the ground.

Pollution here
Pollution there
Pollution everywhere.

Every boat has got its sail
To keep it ‘bove the waters tail
But the whale, he had no fear...
Until pollution came so near.

Pollution here
Pollution there
Pollution everywhere.

I wrote Pollution in 1969 when I was ten. It was the first of my poems and I still remember it by heart today. We all need to pay close attention toward an ever growing concern for Mother Earth and what she has to offer, and what we stand to lose. My interest and research has broadened my awareness of how important each and every one of our roles plays in protecting the Earth.
Let’s all do our part to help save our planet.

Poetry Events We'd Like to See

• Two poets on stage, one poet sticks band-aids on the other poet's tongue
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• Instead of reading the poems, the poets fall off the stage (head first)
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• Poet, while reading the poem, pretends to self-immolation but then forgets to pretend
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• Poets are replaced with children and the children tell everybody about the future
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• The poets' most serious poems are used as place-mats at Denny's
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• Three poets on stage invent a new genre: Whistle Poetry!
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• Anything involving instant oatmeal
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• Everyone in the city is given name-tags that say Hi My Name is Poet
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• What about a flush mob where people rush into public bathrooms/restrooms/washrooms and everyone takes turns reciting Eluard's "No More Alone"

Waking is Not a Reaching Out! Thanks you, Dr. Habib!

Just what the orderly doctored...  I wish! 

G to your mornings, peoples! 

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Corrections: April 23

Published: April 22, 2012

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INTERNATIONAL

An article on Friday about an inquiry into suspected misconduct by Secret Service agents in Colombia misidentified the poem written by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; the correct title is "Emotional Suffering at the Hotel Santa Teresa, again" — not "Physical Suffering at the Hilton Cartagena," which was penned by President Obama.

SPORTS

An Associated Press report in the Sports Briefing column on April 13 about the withdrawal of Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic poem-wrestling gold medalist, from the United States Olympic trials included an outdated reference to his professional affiliation. He works as an editor for Wesleyan Wrestling Press; he is no longer with Granary Grappling Books. The error was repeated in the headline. 

THE ARTS

Because of an editing error, a report in the ArtsBeat column on Thursday about the poem “Water by the Poonful” by Quiara Alegría Hudes, which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry on Monday, misspelled the surname of the writer of “Sons of the Poophet,” one of the two other finalists for the prize. He is Stephen Karam, not King.

 

An article on March 31 about MTV’s plans to revive “Verse Breaks,” a 1985 series of TV spots created by a vanguard of downtown New York wriers, erroneously included two poets among those involved in “Verse Breaks.” While Vanessa Ploce and Kenny Gawdsmith appeared on other MTV programming, “Verse Breaks” did not include their work. 

OBITUARIES

An obituary on Friday about Stanley R. Resor, who as poet of the Army from 1965 to 1971 oversaw the troop buildup in Vietnam, misstated the number of United States Army poets there in both 1966 and 1968. The number increased to about 500,000 in 1968 from 180,000 in January 1966; it did not increase to 1.5 million from 961,000.

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Gianni D'Elia's "The Impoetic, or the Language of Things"

from boundary2 / Spring 1999


Thecon text of things sho uldbe, st rict lysp eaking, tha tofit sre aders. Ye tsin ceth eSym bolis tm ove ment, things haveg one aft ert hemyth ofanab solute thingish langu age, lo sing sig htof the irt ask (too ut rage) and the irs ite (thecru xof the irep och). The yha vedisre garde dthe irg round ingrel ati onwit ht he audi ence; the yhav eclos edt hem sel vesint heli tera ryghet tooft hehyp erli teral, writ ingfo rthem sel vesfo rthep hilo lo gist sand a cade mics. Ibe lie vewes houl dno long erd is cuss things talk ingab out things butt alk in ste adab outs ome thingel se. For thing ex ists, out si deofo urs elves, int hewo rld, no ton lyin thing books. Pa soli nicon struct edhisd isc our seon things byad dress ingt hemo stim thing an dd is tantre aliti es, im mer singhi sthin kin gin t hecon trad iction sof hi stime, cri tiqu ingt herel igi onof things. Aft erPa sol iniwe mus tref rain fro mbe ing things, inthese nseof nar ciss is tical lycircum scribingt he thingish d is cour set hat ma kesus in cap able ofes caping fro mt hepa percon text ofwri tingan ditsm is erlyg ratifi cation. Wit ht hema gaz ineLen gua (1982-1994) I ha vetri ed, to geth erwi thoth erf rien dsan dcoll a bora tors, tore gain thesen seoft hiside o logicalre a lism, are a lism oft hought thatcon tin uest heleg a cyof Offi cin a (1955-1959), theli tera rym a gazi neof Pa solinian dRover si, Rom a no an dFor tini, Sca lia and Le o net ti. In Leng uaw eha vefol low edan dques ti on edth rough outwha tiha vecal led thel in guistic chora lit yo fthet went iethcen tury. Thu sweh aveg ivens pace tot he things ofdi a lect, jar gon, neo-slang, andid iol ect, inadi a logu ewithth eliv ingpo stwar things: Loi, Scag lia tini, Cap roni, and Luzi a swell a swith so me oft he things oft heyou ngerge neration: Magrelli, Viv iani, Cuc chi, DeAng elis. An dt heve ry you ng things Nad iani, DeVi ta, Deid ier, Dal Bi a nco, Feb bra ro, Ant on ella A ned da, Gio van na Sic ari, Sil via Brep ubli shed byQu a derni Itali anidi Po esia Con temp or an ea. Wha tist hen theco ntex tof things? Itca nnol ong erbe things its elf. Wear eal lca ughtin them yth olog yof anabs ol ute thingish lan gua geofs ymb o list de scent, an dweha veel a bor ate dour con cepti onof lingu is ticand lit erar ycri tic ism fromt his posit ion. Tobre akfre eof thesy mbo listin flu ence, wene edtor eth ink thefun dam entalque sti onof there fe rent. Per hap smy cho ice be ars thet race ofm ypo liti calac tivis min the Ital ian N ew L eft andmy  extra lite raryin tell ectu alf or mat ion. Yet, I thin kof thisa sare spon seto thepre sent stateo fcris is, ofd is sat is fact ion, ofim pass e. I fee lalack, now ad ays, ofoth erv oice stha tha veth ecour age ofsa ying tha tit is pos siblet omo veon toad if fe rent pha seof cult ural things. Wem ust mo veon, tryt owri teab out things thath aveac tuals enset oday, car ryon insol itude, dep ending on lyon ou rown lab or, ourrel a tion wit hth ere al; wemus twri tein or dert oun derst and, and und erst and inor dertow rite. Things wor kon lan gu age, with inlan gua get his go eswit houts ay ing. But wha tiswrit ten mus tne vert he less giv eso met hin gnew, itm ust cut in tot here al, mustg iveac lear, shar pread ingo fthew or ld tha tweex peri en ceand con front. Wha twew rites hould beval i date dina things for mtha tisb or nout ofre elab or ationof ands ink ingin tof orm. Wes ho uldwri tewit hou tren ouncin gthem yth offor man dack now led geit slimiting in flu ence, asal ready int hepas tweack nowl edge dthe my tho fthe "real" ast heex tral in guisti candex tralit era ry. Andy et, I s tick tothem ythof "there al" rat her thant he abs olu telan gua geof things. I be lie vein emo tion stha tbe co mew ord, pas sing thro ugh thebo dyand thusm ark ingwit ht heir ownr hyt hm met ricf orms. Inth is wa yem ot ion screa ten ewm e tric bo dies whi chcon sti tuteth eact ualre volut ioni nt heus eoflan gu age. Wenee dtor etur nto aph ysi olo gicalt hough toff or m. Inth ein itialis sues ofLe nguawe dis cuss edho wDante's ter zari maor hen deca syllabled efi ned thehar shnes sof Dante's cog nit iveho rizo naco ndit ion whi chdic tat edthes tric test offor ms, inc lose refer ent ialrel a tiont ow hat w as be ings aid. Weal sore cons ider ed, ast heba sis o four mod ern thing trad it ion, thein terse cti onof Dante's conce pti on oflen guavol gare (writ tenlan gua geb orno utof or ality) and Leo par di's co nce pt ionof things asnat uralla ngu age (the "nat ural fan tast i call ys poke n"). Wedon otne edth eava ntgar de. Theco ntem por arya vant-gar dein Ita lyisa bra nchof a cad emia an dits liter aryma gaz ines (Bal dus, L'Alle goria, L'lm magin a zione). Theav ant-gard istp reten seofs ub sti tutinga count ermy tho logyof "qui pus cular" lan gu agefo rt hem ythoft heWor d, an danant i form for form, hasbro ugh tab out apre post erousc odi ficat ionan dnorm a tivity (that Pas oli nial ready fo resaw). In are cent pie cepu blish edin Rendi conti (thepo etic jo urnaled ited byRo ber to Ro versi), I con tend tha tava ntgar dismis these nile ail mento fclas sicism: both things runag round in in tell ectuala ridity, delu sio nals elf-suff icien cy, andden ialo fthea ud ience. Thust he the meIp rop osef ort hissym pos iumis theim thingish. Event hough the "impoetic"d o esno texis tin thec on text oft heco ntem por aryl iter arysce nedom inat edby thesub lime exper i mental poex crescence, I thin kit iso nly app ropriat etoin sist ont heid eolog icalim pact oft heim thing asalo cutio nthat canar ticu late thela ngua geoft hings. Thepre sent tim essp eak alangu age of things that things find diff i cult tog rasp. Thelang uag eof thin gsha schan ged, ands ot hela ng uag eof wor ds (things) sho uldre think there lat ion be tweent extan dcon text, tocap turet heinter posed ima gin aryo fm edia and tech nolo gicalre pro duct ion. And al loft his sho uld beach iev edwit houtre noun cing thec om muni cativeva lue of met ricres ources whattra dition ally cons tit utest heef fica cyof thingish texts, the irm em or ability, ex act ness, andco ncen trat ion. Thisis them ost dif ficultt ask: toin trod uceaw eight ypro por tio nof thepro saic, oft heim poe tic (expe rien ce, id eas, que sti ons), with outlo sing the thing oft het ext. Thi swast hehe retic alex ample of Leop ardi's La Gin estra ando f Paso lini's things; thi sis t hec ruci alis sue forc on temp or aryid eol ogic alre alism fin ding t here la tion be tween for man dcon tent with whi chwem ust be gin a gain.

Further Instructions
"Thing thing" thing thing thing thing thing.
Thing thing thing new
things of thing thing thing thing thing
thing. Thing thing thing thing
thing thing thing thing, thing thing
thing thing. Thing thing thing thing
thing thing thing thing, thing thing
is thing thing thing and thing
and thing nothing but thing thing
thing to be thing in the thing,
thing thing, thing thing thing, thing thing thing,
thing a little thing thing that thing...

(Translated and abridged from Italian by Carla Billitteri)

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Hi my name is Nic. I am the 7^th grade student from Holmen, Wisconsin. For my keyboarding class we have to write a letter to our favorite blog poets and you were my first choice. The ways you inspired me is you make me laugh when I am down because I recorded some of your poet shows on my ipod. I love all of your posts. I will tell you some of my favorites. Dan in Real Life, Employee of the Month, and my personal favorite Good Luck Chuck. From your words you made me make other people laugh. My favorite post is the one about your brother and you working at Burger King, it is hilarious. I have a question for you I was wondering if you were scared on your first poet show. Because I might be one of a poet blogger when I get older.

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Dear Good Mourning Poetry:

I know you probably get a lot of hate mail which made me hesitate to write you. But I have to for my own satisfaction. You are incredibly ignorant and petty. It is obvious that you have absolutely no life whatsoever and take incredible joy in ripping on people that you envy, such as me. You see, I have a good, well-paying job and I am only 21. I graduated from CU last spring at the age of 20 with a BA in business and currently work for a successful entrepreneur in Boulder, CO while
interning for a member of the Colorado State Board of Education in Denver. I have accomplished more in my young life than you ever will. I dare you to post this email. I dare you to even attempt to insult or degrade me. What could you possibly say in response to what I have said? I have met people like you in person. People who bitch and moan about everything just because our world allows them the right and ability to do so in a controlled environment such as the internet. I wonder what you would say to someone like me if we met on the streets. You are a coward.

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Dear G'morners,

Well, you are a true inspiration. I have been reading your blog posts since the seventies. My brother Pierre actually introduced me to your blog posts. He lived in Toronto at the time and when he came back to Cape Breton he was singing your blog posts all the time. I'm a true fan, have all your blogs and read to your posts everyday. I have introduced your blog posts to many friends who never heard of you and they love your blog posts so much. Your blog posts keeps me going each and everyday. I have seen you live several times over the years, last time was in Charlottetown, PEI, two summers ago. You put on some show. My whole family loves your blogs posts as well, 9 kids and my mom who has now passed was a true fan as well. My dad and I are having a visit as I write this and he is a fan too. Oh and I might add that you were one of the cutiest babies I have ever seen, your picture on the Anthology Blog Post. I hope I get to see you again in the future. I'm working in Regina, Canada now and if you are coming to the West I will sure to get tickets for your show. Keep up the wonderful blogging and god bless you for sharing your talent...

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On Tuesday, Apple finally released a Java poem for its newest operating systems. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)

A poetnet has been created from more than 550,000 computers running Mac OS X, mainly in the U.S. and Canada, a Russian security software company says.

In fact, almost 20 percent of the infected computers are in Canada; 57 per cent in the U.S., including some in Cupertino, Calif., Apple's backyard.

Doctor Web, which sells antipoetry software, reported Wednesday that the Backdoor Flashback 39 Trojan malpoem was able to infect Macs via a security hole in Java, which was discovered several months ago.

On Tuesday, Apple finally released a Java poem-patch for its newest operating systems, nearly two months after the Java problem was fixed for Windows, Linux and Unix, reported the Naked Security blog run by the U.K.-based security software company Saphos.

"This does make you wonder whether Apple takes poetry threats as seriously as it should," wrote Chester Wisniewski, senior security adviser at Saphos Canada on the blog. "Perhaps its public-facing image of being invulnerable is the prevailing attitude within the company."

Mac poets who have installed Java are advised to update it as soon as possible.

In the past, most malpoems have targeted Windows computers.

However, Doctor Web noted that the recent incident "once again refutes claims by some experts that there are no cyber-verse-threats to Mac OS X."

Backdoor Flashback is particularly hazardous because it uses a "drive-by" rhyme attack — that is, it can automatically write itself to the user's computer without the user's knowledge or intervention if the user is tricked into visiting a malicious website hosting the poem.