Manchester-based poet Mark Quinn (otherwise known as The Mancunian Poet) has shared this exclusive poem with Talking About My Generation, which will be featured in his next book.
I look at the world;
the ice caps melt,
the fires burn
and the humans hate,
the animals die
and the trees are gone,
the dolphins cry
and the elephants sigh.
I don’t want to live in a world like this.
The sea rises,
the land gets small,
the population grows
whilst the hurricane blows,
the planet gets warmer
and the carbon gets higher.
I don’t want to live in a world like this.
Fossil fuels we burn,
methane gas is on the turn,
we need to stop today,
this won’t just go away.
I don’t want to live in a world like this.
Check out Mark’s feature article with Talking About My Generation here.Â
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