Category Archives: Environmental Poems

Stranglehold

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Bayer the great German corporate Has swallowed up Monsanto who Has put the fear up the farmers it’s clear And this marriage well what do we do The full moon sees these monsters joining Forces to strengthen their cause The … Continue reading →

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The pipeline

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The first people may be arrested For trespass on their own land The guardians of intention It is they who understand Environmental degradation And the sacredness of whole It is them that ran with animals And who have the truest … Continue reading →

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Equilibrium as seen by the photographer and the poet

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Rex Tyler

GRizzlies whether they realise or not Must understand That with a Wolfpack in the vicinity Life is far more grand Wolves are really effective At driving prey away From water courses and those forces Honestly do pay Dividends for Nature … Continue reading →

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The EU commission why I ask?

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Glyphosate a chemical herbicide to boot A substance that could have been banned But apparently it didn’t suit The unelected commission In the great EU Who decided we should have some more And made Monsanto’s dreams come true Another 18 … Continue reading →

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Few now aware

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Rex Tyler

A fish gasps for air A refugee too Nobody cares about them And do you? Do you care for me You don’t know me so why Would you be perturbed If I was to die Drowned off some beach Lost … Continue reading →

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Royal Dutch Shell another leak

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Rex Tyler

An oil slick two miles by 13 miles Stretches across the sea 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana Rolling free Crude oil thick and smelly The glider subsea tie There wasn’t any drilling there But we have to ask … Continue reading →

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Rosemary

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Rex Tyler

My Rosemary is happy She flowers abundantly Frilly lacey ballerina’s Dance in front of me Clinging to her evergreen Spindles, rock and roll On a May breeze afternoon Starring in the role Of the leading lady Rosemary Your heady scent … Continue reading →

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Magnesium oil

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Carpets of Rape coat our green hills Interspersed with telephone poles And conversations On the green of Spring Surrounds the forest I adore This rape this fetid smell disturbs Wild life like never before The sunlight brings the colour Of … Continue reading →

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Lily pad 2

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We buried Bears mother Lily today With a basket of her goodies Held sway Her owl cushion, food Things she liked and did share We dug into the sod And just laid her there An Apple Tree guards her In … Continue reading →

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Ankarana

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Tongues of jagged limestone Reach into the sky Tear the heart out of anyone Who dares to see how high Tossed out of an ancient bed Whose fingers cut and thrust Sum and substance climb immortal Grounded in pure trust … Continue reading →

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Left to their own Resources

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Rex Tyler

It suddenly happened The shit hit the fan Such a big earthquake When most of us ran Up to the high hill The tsunami too Washed into our town Like tsunami’s do Then an explosion Great balls of fire Then … Continue reading →

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Lead

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Toxic at any level Lead its ultra bad They took it out of petrol And solder for it had Devastating results On us It also used to be In all paint But it has been taken Out of paint most … Continue reading →

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The Shela River and the Sunderbans

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Its a balancing act That is clearly causing conflict The coal fire plants Around the Sunderbans The largest mangrove forest In the world today And the seriousness of moving it Isn’t fun Along the Shela River So much wild life … Continue reading →

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Bugs

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Being,given,existing, Undying is their claim Unimagined yet to come Its all part of their game There is something out there Some projection Absoluteness, untimely Consistent with a constant Homogeneity And there was no agreement No chorus from the blue Only … Continue reading →

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Under the carpet

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We see without feeling We feel without seeing What to us has no purpose Now Within our being Todays trash tomorrow More scourings of sorrow Functionless purposeless Unwanted now Once it was practical not long ago With an earning capacity … Continue reading →

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The ozone hole and our future

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Rex Tyler

The BP spill impacted poorer areas This Porter Ranch gas leak appears to be A much more affluent area outside Of Los Angeles And its methane even though we cannot see As far as climate goes its eighty times Worse … Continue reading →

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Have we reached the tipping point

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Compare the rainforest These last 40 years Go to Malaysia Hold back the tears Perhaps you cant see Perhaps you don’t care So many with asthma From the state of the air The forest was once massive The planets lungs … Continue reading →

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The last day of november

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Rex Tyler

A sky of bluish grey That overwheelms the spirit day A spidery Beech may over reach Its spangled strutting way It searches theough the sky above Throws up its arms and shouts Remembering when all its leaves Were falling around … Continue reading →

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The Navajo Nation and the gold king mine

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Rex Tyler

They fail to understand And they truly fail to care They never knew the indigenous Were really ever there 300 abandoned hard rock mines The upper animus sites Private federal and state land And now of course it blights The … Continue reading →

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Humility thats all we needed really

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Forests full of every conceivable medicine, animals Reptiles, birds The great lungs of the planet Remember all these words The precious trees that harbour So much thats good around Aged beings lost in time Giants from the ground They wallow … Continue reading →

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Concealment

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Rex Tyler

I sit here this morning Wondering why Concealment of facts On that they rely Its about their suppression Of truth that we see Its all in plain sight Where it should be But few people see it The great EPA … Continue reading →

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Why be a dick?

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Medicines do nothing For a body that is sick And drugs are bloody useless Why are you such a dick? To listen to those white coats Peddler’s of them who Get their kick back quietly And, smile at you too … Continue reading →

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Peril

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Rex Tyler

This planet is in a parlous state Both the natural world and ours Destruction of the forests Our arrogance now towers Far above just about everything Humanity can bow Down towards the horizon Asking themselves how They ever got this … Continue reading →

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We must learn to study the wonders of Nature

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rex Tyler

The intricacy of simple things Is a mind blowing event Before we destroy our planet We must try to cement Some honest understanding Of the complexity of life Take the mussel for example Even with a knife it is hard … Continue reading →

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Kamchatka in Northern Russia land of the brown bear

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Land of fire and ice Where geyser fountains pour Boiling springs, hot water falls Hot mud and so much more Dead sulphurous lakes Canyons and ravines So much thermal energy A tourist walk way through it all Devoid of all … Continue reading →

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Kamchatka

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Where the geo thermal hotspots burst From the fissures underground Spluttering geysers bask in sunlight And diadems of sound Lots of Steller Sea Eagles Gather for their feast Unbelievable numbers of salmon To become deceased These very handsome dark birds … Continue reading →

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Stigma of artificiality a poem inspired by Duncan Burn

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Waste at home is one thing But waste on the farm amounts To a massive loss of profit Which honestly now counts It has completely changed the market place All over the world And its down to “outgrades” Where the … Continue reading →

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Robert Borsak one of a number of hunters worldwide

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Rex Tyler

A man from New South Wales He is from Australia The shooters and fishers Party In which he Represents those hunters And those fishermen Who travel around the world And sail the sea His sport or pastime When he isn’t … Continue reading →

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Fukushima and Tepco and the future

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Rex Tyler

I am a vegan And I am proud of that Pacific ocean fish Fukushima has it And it wont be in my dish Strontium 90 is flooding Into the ocean every day Dont believe the Japanese Whatever they bloody well … Continue reading →

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The importance of water and how we waste it

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Production of our food and of our goods Now costs the earth Water is regarded as necessity It’s worth To every living creature It’s priceless to be sure But the wastage in production We just must not ignore Friends of … Continue reading →

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