Liz Brownlee ♦ October 25, 2019 ♦ Leave a comment
Tuffley Primary School came to Cheltenham Literary Festival to see Matt Goodfellow and I perform some The Same Inside and Be the Change poems, and afterwards they wrote some excellent climate crisis poems themselves – which I am very pleased to be able to share with you. Paul, I really like the image of the …
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Dear Penguins, . We’ve been trying to help you By stopping pollution and CO2 which has been killing you I hope it’s not too late . We’ve spoilt your habitat By spilling oil and dumping rubbish We’ve polluted the sea and killed the fish I hope it’s not too late . from Ben Metcalfe . …
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
The Water of Death . The water of death it cannot be better. Friends, family, everything gone, so I swim alone, wishing, hoping. . The water of death not to see in the dark not to see my loved ones again trying to dodge the endless trash . The water of death everywhere I look …
Liz Brownlee ♦ October 6, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
Dear Ocean, . The sand between my toes, The wooshing sound of your waves Clashing against the rocks. Every day I see boats On your beautiful, azure surface. But… I am so, so sorry For all your fishy friends That might be getting sick Because of the crisp packet I dropped in the sea earlier. …
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