Crowns, kings and queens,
Great men and women
Purple with royalty,
With greater authority
Over greying cities
And Nature’s dying beauties
Can we crown a Daffodil
And close all carbon deals?
Can we plant forests
In our modern cities?
Can we let the fragrance of roses
Cling to the corners of our buildings?
Crowns, kings and queens
Those with which we either lose or win,
Go green with royalty
And greater authority
To protect the forest
And all that dwell in it
Recess:
Make me a crown of fauns and the flora
So my beautiful Nature, I can rule over
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Commentary:
We live in the realities of global warming, in polluted atmosphere and hydrosphere and in growing human cold and selfishness. I hope our ‘crowns’ do more to save the Earth from dying.
