Christopher Provost

Nashua , NH

Earth out of balance
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Restore harmony

Christopher Provost

Nashua , NH

Imminent oil peak,
Rapid global climate change.
Will we ever learn?

Brachi Himelstein

Baltimore , MD

The little bird comes
Right out of it's bright blue egg
Nature runs it's course

Heather Davis

Baltimore , MD

Sustained
In-grained
Nature "tamed"
Such shame

Susan Haines

Dexter

A yard but no lawn
Black eyed Susans, bergamot
Open to the sun

Peter Su

Upland , CA

Sparing a handful's
Kernels from my eating will
Feed all my children.

Justin Bolognino

Brooklyn, NY

Green is not alone
Nature reveals infinite
Colors beyond light

Samuel Goldstein

Los Angeles , CA

Bristlecone pine tree
Watches from White Mountain height
Humans: come and gone

E lizabeth O akes

S anta M onica , CA

Open up, stand back,
Remember: it's good to do.
Compost is stinky.

Aaron Naparstek

Brooklyn , NY

Alaska 's melting --
hope your Yukon Denali
doubles as a boat

 Morning forecast says:
It's another "bad air day" --
so try not to breathe

 If you really love
America , hang that flag
on a bicycle

The air in Houston--
too darn thick to breathe but our
sunsets look pretty

Gas-guzzler flying
little American flags --
the Saudis thank you

 Morning commuters
follow measured lines, honking --
how like geese we are

 Sequoia forest
Let it burn. We've still got the
Toyota version

Bob Minnery

B rantford Ontario Canada

Smoke billows
Sky disappears over
Cigarette factor

Mary Ashcliffe

Pembroke , NH

Q:    If I sit in the sun 
watching a dewdrop will
the world pass me by?

 A:    Only if the world 
is on parade and you re
the only spectator.

Jen Curry

G reensboro , NC

Buzz

purple petals pose
round swollen golden bulb
where the lone fuzzy bee pokes

Jerry Rosen

Somerville MA

The environment...
Who cares? Jesus will cue the
Rapture any day now.

Lexi Stern

Portland , OR

Our environment -
if we simply ignore it
it will go away.

Nicholas Bonzey

Orono , ME

In Harmony With
Nature and All Things Pleasant
Use Solar and Wind!

JP Thompson

Vancouver WA

Portland Harbor , 8am , July 25, 2005*

On this Superfund site
The eagle and osprey still reign.
Nature survives us.

*Both of these (JP also submitted a limerick) are in response to an actual bald eagle-osprey midair battle over a good-sized salmon about 30 feet above my office parking lot as I drove in to work last Monday.  It made my whole day.  (The eagle was about 4 times the size of the osprey, and the osprey eventually gave up, leaving the eagle to return to his/her nest; but the osprey has my lifelong admiration for sheer cheek in the face of overwhelming odds!)

Joyce Patterson

Green Valley AZ

Saguaros stand tall
their contortions make me smile
as they stretch their arms

John Morgan

Arlington Height, Illinois

Thin tree in wet land
Roots drink sin from the pond
Smoke blocks sun from leaves

Kristin Harrington

saint charles , missouri

great mother nature
no way to protect herself
treat her as your own

Penny Blubaugh

Ever notice how
clothes dries in the sun smell like
sharp, pure happiness?

Mary Tanakit

Fremont , California

Like a spider's web
Life, so wondrous and fragile,
Clings to earth's scarred limbs

Becki Harris

Perspiration drips
Down my spine, soaking my shirt
Global warming sucks!

David Arocho

Albany , New York

Morning wakens in
summer to the song of birds
and breath of jasmine

Joelle

organic living
eat green, live green and buy green
preserve our lush earth

colette

coffee, chocolate, tea
all of them can be bought green
Mother Nature's pride

joelle

wind whipping my hair
flower-scented, though lush trees
preseve for our kids

Ian Moore

Oakland , CA

To serve is a true
Demonstration of loving.
That's why we kiss so much.

Gary Isse

The earth is crying
for people to stop what they
are doing to her

Jennifer Lee

Brandon , MS

Sunflowers blooming
Bursting from a yellow pot
Container garden

Alexis Kageyama

Fremont , California

Autumn Trees

Many small green flags,
Waving in the Autumn breeze,
Hung from tree branches.

Alexis

Fremont,CA

Swaying in the wind,
rippeling across the land,
waves of amber grass.

Lindsay Kageyama

Fremont CA

-Spring-

Birds chirping all day  
Flowers blooming everywhere
Bears are waling up

Lindsay

Floating slowly past,
White cotton in the blue sky,
Framing the bright sun.

LOIS HAGEN

FOREST PARK , IL

LET'S SAVE THE PLANET!
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US ALL,
AND WE CAN ALL HELP.

Simi Weiss

Brooklyn , NY

Greens are healthy foods,
Unlike other grubs out there.
Be organic Peeps!

Lisa Hutton

Columbus , Ohio

Mists of gentle grey
Rise each morning from the pond
Descending on grass

Jonathan Weiss

Ridgewood , NJ

Greenhouse gases rise
Penetrate ozone layer
Slow devastation

Lisa Hutton

Columbus , Ohio

Tomatoes are not
supposed to taste like cardboard
Make mine organic.

Lisa Hutton

Columbus , Ohio

Art, mulch, wrapping, home
decor, filler, brown matter
Paper bag redux

Alysha Veen

Milbank , SD

Color my soul green
The colors of the forest
Colors of my soul

Rebecca Iles

Oneida , NY

Enrobed in Cotton
Organic, soft, clean and dry
Babies sleep peaceful

Jeanne Gannon

Chester , MA

World filled with wonder
Man arrives to interfere
Where will it all end?

Eunice Perkins

Tokoroa , New Zealand

Earth groaning in pain
Torn sky bleeding acid drops
Mankind's selfish rape.

Susan Mull

Quarryville , PA

Genocide 

Genocide leaves none
To tend to Mother Earth's needs
Souls become barren

Deborah Edick Bumpus

Canandaigua NY 14424

Ball in space,
the detritus of humankind
Earth cries from every pore
Simplify...

Christine Jenness

Dolton , IL

First the Tsunami
Katrina is another
Water you are fierce.

Leanne Woodall

San Mateo , CA

God created Earth
Save it for the ones you love
It's a precious gift

Dan Deans

Ahburn , Virginia

clear sky and water
birds glide high while fish swim deep
our precious earth lives

Anne Nadel

Marshfield , Vermont

Mountains rise above
Crystalline flowing waters.
We can make it real.

Kati Sharpe

North Charleston , South Carolina

Living, breathing, Home
Mountains, water, life
Sanctuary ours.

Hannah Rees

Lombard , IL

Water, sparkling, pure
Encased in plastic, drunk, tossed
Sustenance, now trash!

 1.5 million plastice water bottles are disposed of each hour!

Angela Theresa Egic

Lancaster , Pennsylvania

Green is my namesake;
I am evergreen, you see...
Do not remove me.

Angela Theresa Egic

Lancaster , Pennsylvania

Towers are manmade;
Mountains are of the divine...
Which one moves your soul?

Beverly Martinez

Ann Arbor , Michigan

As the sun rises
the dew awakens the flower
which blooms in greeting

Sandra Strahan

STOCKTON SPRINGS , Maine

   Water falling
   I am here
   Snow falls

Nicole Civita

Washington , DC

Salmon swim free down
Streams, across oceans and back.
Why raise them in farms?

Eric Schneider

Sunrise At The Bosque del Apache

Heads broach strong white wings;
Ten thousand, from ice water,
Arise as one bird.