Great poem and very prophetic. We all know there's something wrong with the weather. My simplistic view is maybe they've cut down too many trees in the rainforest, which grab the wind and slow it down. I bet you've not heard that theory before :)

Nothing more inevitable
than "change itself"

Lady Vivian

Best well-written warning I have ever read.

As an animal lover and one who appreciates nature, this poem really speaks to me. I particularly love stanza 7 which is what it is all about.
And thanks for commenting on my poem.

Amen!

Love ya!

Jane

Well done and I am with Sage. This reminded me of a friend's song Ena Vie called "Earth Prayer" Will try to post it here but it's been so long since I have been around that I am not sure the link will work, hence the title and artist found on youtube. xoxoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIN9xJ7EvNY

Great title and supporting pictorials plus the Stanford study, Ron.
I would offer this additional argument from analogy:

Putting your trust in politicians over scientists in matters of science is like putting your trust in monkeys over trained pilots to fly you and all your friends from New York to California.

It's all Neanderthal's fault for inventing how to make fire at will! On the other hand what a warm way to take care of overpopulation! Very pleasant paleontological rhymes!

Great poetic way of telling what is soon to be.

Good write, dude...but where are they going to put old farts like YOU when the world changes and the sky then isn't blue...e

Mercury rising. Overpopulation can be controlled with poetry like this? Should be printed in K-12 textbooks and taught as curriculum in geography and science and illustrated alligators and melting glaciers in the art department. Instilling change in society starts from an early age, after all, it took us many generations for us to see this. Long live the tree huggers.

Sage

I was hoping for alligator stew but your poetry portends a more serious view. Though many would deny our current state it is most disconcerting that many would choose to ignore their grandchildren's fate. M.True

A sad story but very terue....you did a good job of telling it

Chip Bergeron

This is a well-thought-out and nice write, Ron. You are so clever with words. I'll have to say one thing: things are a-changin' and that's for certain. I've accepted the fact, however, that there is very little I can do about it. Oh, I can do my part to make the world a better place, but there is little I can do to persuade others to accept responsibility for their actions. What they do is left to their conscience. I didn't mean to go off on a tangent, Ron. You just got me to thinking. And that's a good thing, mind you. I always appreciate your writings and your ability to express your thoughts so well. It's rather humid here in the hills of West Virginia today. Sort of a tropical feel in the air...

David Lee Thompson

I like the use of the "money changers" used in regards to the rich who control the world. I still think the taboo subject of birth control for some religions is the leading problem, due, of course, to overpopulation and over extension of resources. And then of course there are the takers and collectors of all money can buy. If just one person hears your message and believes it, hopefully change will occur, one person at a time.
L

In my opinion, you make some very valid points; the changes here are very obvious and they have occured over a very short period of time. Wise predictions, Ron. Love and peace,

Regis

Believe all you want about AlGore's millions he has sucked out of people about the so-called man-made Global Warming. I, on the other hand realize and understand that whatever is happening (this is one of the coolest summers in history), we are conceited fools to think for one second that man has anything to do with nature.