This week’s prompt: Rubbish
Bottlesplastictoystrolleys
Bagspaperbikesbottles
Floatingstuckdiscarded
Chokingsuckingkilling.
Its what I see in my mangrove forest
The tide comes in, brings in its refuse
It tangles in the trees upright roots
Doesn’t rot just hangs about.
How hard can it be?
There’s a bin in every street
Signs requesting your care
Our eco system is dying.
I picked up a dead fish
A ring top round its neck
A turtle entangled with string
They never stood a chance.
It’s our world we are polluting
So easy to chuck your rubbish
When you don’t care it doesn’t matter.
When you are the last man standing
Maybe
You
Will?
Written for: http://maraeastern.com/2015/06/01/poetry-101-rehab-rubbish/
Morpethroad 
Well said. It is terrible just how much rubbish floats around on the sea.
Exactly Suzanne, thanks for stopping by….
Such an important message, and disregarded by most. Every time I see balloons released into the sky in celebration or commemoration I cringe, knowing some animal somewhere will suffer. And if you ever see a delicate hummingbird in the grass, struggling because it’s beautiful long beak is tangled in in a gooey wad of chewing gum, you’ll never toss your spent gum on the ground again. Thank you for this reminder, Michael.
Thanks Mandy, you raise important points about this issue….
Well said, sir, well said.
Thank you so much Jackie…
Wow, that’s a great poem! It’s inventive, skillfully written and clear in its message. Thank you so much for joining in!
My pleasure Mara, I hope to do so each week
That would be great!
Too many people in the world just don’t care. 😦
Exactly, not even aware they are creating a disaster…
I like the way you ran the rubbishintoeachother. An important message. I’ve seen birds with the plastic pop can holders. The ocean has huge rafts of plastic junk.
So much of this is recyclable. People need 2 educations: to not throw their junk, and to recycle what is left over. Some places even pay for certain types of recycles.
Ooops, another long rant! I don’t expect a 9/10 this time.
A timely and poignant poem.
Thanks friend,we do need to educate people much better….
Poignant and powerful. Perhaps the future lies in learning that we don’t actually need all the crap that we have and continue to mass produce. *sighing*
Thanks so much for your comment Mercy…..what you say is very true…