LOSS
Ram Krishna Singh 1950 (Varanasi)
The chimneys around my home
print black spots on the walls
darken the air I breathe and
the water I drink or bathe in
the owners know how to shut
the mouths of inspectors
and the mafia know how
to make money this season
politics of lack of rain
repair and management
scraunch smoke from wild fires away
to country's gas emissions
they have their priorities
mission to rewrite histories
erase the past and erect
new walls of divisions
climate change is no excuse
to mould the minds of Gen-Z
in face of imminent doom:
stay quiet at morass of loss
About this poem
The poem is a reflection on widespread environmental degradation in a coal city with bureaucratic corruption and politicians' manipulation.
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Written on July 22, 2023
Submitted by profrksingh on August 27, 2023
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| Scheme | XXXX XXXX XXXA BBXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 548 |
| Words | 106 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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