just deserts

Wonderful poem. So depressing  that this has happened in such a short space of time. Many companies, governments simply making noises about tackling climate change and yet the amount of plastic in the industry I work in is frankly mind boggling and it all goes in the bin. I really like 'like war correspondents , reporting a retreating tide' and so many more gems here.

like Jane says - wonderfully done - including the clever word plays - so sad that the joy your son had is denied to the little children now - very important that we keep focussed and talking about it - well done Di

So sad, so true. I enjoyed your play on words here as well, and the images were so immersive! It really helped draw me in to this very real issue, to recognize not only your stand on it but the beauty in what was lost to plastic and the like. I'm absolutely heartbroken, this is a call for change. Well done. 

You have every right to go into rant mode with this poem Di, you're showing you care and that's a step in the right direction. I don't live anywhere near a beach and haven't seen the ocean for many years, but your poem really makes you think about how we have a long way to go in saving wildlife and that change is definitely needed.

Well done for bringing this plight to attention, let's hope someone reads it that can do something about the beaches. 

Jenny.

I wonder if out-of-proportion preoccupation with hygiene and sterilization has had the effect of over-using plastic and chemicals. Things that can be beneficial in the problems of this world now, are so easily over-used ;and abused and become the problems themselves. Rhiannon

There's no two ways about it, what's happening with seas and oceans with rubbish and pollution is a global emergency. Sadly, I think the proliference of face masks is going to set everything back after some good work done in recent years. An invaluable message so well delivered, Di.

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This is constructed with consummate skill; there is such wonderful word play and thoughfulness into each line. Thank you for highlighting this problem. In the village and those around we're letting the verges grow wild, clearing old ponds to revitalise them and creating "bee corridors" so that these wonderful creatures can continue to their essential work.

If all could see as you do - feel as you do- perhaps there would be change- but for those too wrapped in their ways -too blind to the pitfalls of their continued quick comforts -there is no hope for change soon. The plastic blight is everywhere and in our throw away world, there's been no place to put it all -so now they’ve even put it in our clothes- will this maddness end with educated, environmental changes? I suppose we can still hope so– I applaud your poem, it is heartbreaking and important, you take the reader along as you view the current state of a once blossoming sea world and we all feel bereft for what is lost.

Your understanding of Nature shows realism in this great poem. Well done.

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Well deserved honors, DH. You're brilliant with word play here. That it has something to say makes it extrea special. Kudos to you, my friend. Cheers.

Rich

Hi Di, 

Loved how you move between ocean, shoreline and the global politics beyond. Especially like the war correspondent line, the description of dead mens' willies and the sanitary towel and basking shark.