Have a HAPPY EARTH DAY 2009First launched as an environmental awareness event in the United States in 1970, Earth Day (April 22) is celebrated as the birth of the environmental movement...
Earth day history Earth Day
I circle the date
in green
Earth Day
a note in
my kiyose
--William Sorlien; Minnesota, USAviolet asterisk –
somebody wrote my name
across the Earth's day
--Ralf Bröker; Germanyearth day-
holding a bouquet of flowers
in the check out line
--John Merryfield; Mexicoearth day
fallen petals adorn
the waste bin
--Polona Oblak; SloveniaUnder our feet
thousands of cherry petals…
still Earth Day
--Magdalena Dale; Bucharest - RomaniaWake up to Daylight
Thinking about God's green Earth
Birds pecking at seed
--Que Clingerman; US Psalmist's Earth Day
resting in greener pastures
our Shepherd at work
Been busy in the yard with treating dandelions and clover which infiltrate my grass and spraying for ants which populate our area like sand. On a serious note I usually celebrated Earth Day with my class as a teacher. Earth Day needs a long hard look at progress and priorities. forty years old now
a grassroots holiday
in midlife crisis
-- Reason A Poteet; USbeginner
she prays the seed
into the earth
--Bill Kenney; Whitestone NY USAEarth day...
planting trees to become
giants of hope
--Keith A. SIMMONDS; T & Tpanta rhei...
point in the universe
our Earth
--Krzysztof Kokot; PolandSolar system
celebrates: happy
Earth Day!
We don't like
your kisses asteroids,
stay on your way!
Earthy Day party --
Mars pays court
to Venus...again
Earth Day --
a bit tipsy Jupiter totters
on his path
Blue Marble -- so many lifes in your blues!
--Tomislav Maretic; Croatiasoft breezes blow south
relief from hot days in spring
marine layer cools
no electric air
needed today open windows
bring shaded sun
cats chew green leaves
ecology of felines
earth day everyday for them
recycle what
hurts earth
save planet mother
--Michelle Rose; USMother earth's belly
mostly protected by
salty water
Our own moon
behind the heavy clouds --
I wanted to live in Jupiter!
(Jupiter "owns" 63 moons, counted now, I think one of those is seen more frequently ?) --Tikkis; FinlandEarth day -
amongst the stars
a garden
--John McDonald; UK Greeting from Poland I think of the destruction caused environment by the minesgold mine -
the rain forest
and smaller
--Andrzej Dembonczyk; Poland I should embrace the earth
but, ah dear, only two hands
are not enough
global heating-
health before wealth
for people and earth
--Vasile Moldovan; Romaniamirthday far off
as water sighs and cries
earth day thinks fresh
--Joseph B. Connolly; Nevada USIt's Earth Day today?
Too bad my tank was empty,
so Earth un-friendly.
--HaikuKelly; USpruning shrubs
eve of Earth Day-
cirrus overpass
--gillena cox; TTEarth Day asterisks 2009:-*Green Generation Campaign *renewable energy *green jobs *global dimming
earthdaynetworkDays before Earth Day 2009, President Obama's Energy Secretary Steven Chu gave a press briefing at the "Summit of the Americas" in Trinidad and Tobago where he laid out the potentially disastrous consequences if the world community doesn't unite to combat climate change
read morePoems in this Earth Day sequence are the copyright of the individual writers and should not be reproduced without their permissionEarth Day Haiku coordinator - Gillena Cox; TT
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