The Entries
A haiku is a form of poetry, started in Japan, which uses 17 syllables arranged in three lines in specific order.
First line, 5 syllables; second line, 7 syllables; third line, 5 syllables.
Remember: 5 – 7 – 5
YouthBuild
Together we build
A future for our planet
Loving space for
all.
— YouthBuild USA
People
The earth is dying
Preserve our water sources
There is not
much left…
— Lizzie
oh, sweet Mother Earth, teach me…
so empty inside;
oh, sweet
Mother Earth, teach me…
the dance of the wind
— Ernesto P. Santiago
Monochrome
Hear desperate lungs
asphyxiate with burnt
soot
Hail Mary! Earth dies grey.
— Divya M.
Miami Sea
Miami sea brings
its sound, beauty and riches
love it, keep it.
— Cristi
The Yellow Flowers
The Yellow Flowers
Dress the field in
harmony
Thou gloried in spring.
— Cristi Berger
Progress in science
Progress in science
relies on thorough
study,
clear thought and teamwork.
— —
Inside
Go outside to play
Waters rise to come and stay
So I go inside
— Julian
‘Bergs been meltin’—so where’ the flood?
Research bucks at
stake!
The sky is falling, again!
Sunspots; not my fault.
— —
Haiku Miami
Haiku Miami
Heed the call, earthly presence
The rising seas come
— AB
Climate Change for Someone Old
Grow old in my home
Till out in
a box but now
Till I float away
— —
Paradise
Iridescent skies
Clear blue waves crashing on
shores
Protect paradise
— Laura
Intoxicating Vanity
Anthropogenic
Delusion of one who is
Anthropocentric
— —
Intoxicating Vanity
Anthropogenic
Delusion of one who is
Anthropocentric
— —
Love
it’s the air we breathe
pure, clean, fresh, pollution
free
let’s keep it that way
— S.R.E.
3-Ways to Help
Use less fresh water.
Conserve
electricity.
Burn less fossil fuels.
— K.V.W.
Carbonic Acid and Coccolithophores
Carbonic acid
Coccolithophores sink down
Sediment lost
— B.P.
Carbonic Acid
CO2 to sea
Surface high acidity
Inhibit
plankton
— B.P.
Sun Power
Photosynthesis
Costs nothing, clothes and feeds
us
What are we missing?
— J.H.
Emilianiya huxleii
Calcite secreting
Carbon dioxide
enters
huxleii dissolves
— B.P.
Earth Day 2016
Earth day climate now,
Was it the same as last
year?
No…climate change…see!
— K.V.W.
Working as One
Revive our planet
We owe it to our
children
Do it together
— A.S.
Goodbye
You were always there
I loved it when you would
thrive
But now it’s hopeless
— —
Save the Planet
Rising sea levels
Destruction to planet
Earth
This is climate change
— L.M.G.
Immersed
Fragrant flowers bloom,
and the cigarette smoke looms
–
I smell both the same.
— B.N.B.
Our Survival
Our planet can’t live
If we stay our present
course
Humans must decide
— D.K.
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Climate change affects
Water-energy-food tie.
Uncouple nexus.
— K.V.W.
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Climate change affects
Water-energy-food tie.
Uncouple nexus.
— K.V.W.
Carbon
Solid carbon good.
Gas, liquid carbon not good.
Fix carbon solid.
— K.V.W.
Mother Earth
Hear our mother Earth,
Heed her when she begs us
to
Care for her wellness
— —
Help!
Water property,
Savings spent, but could be lost.
Help from science and all!
— K.V.W.
Transformation
Metamorphosis
Seas will force Adaptation
Embrace, Reconceive
— J.A.
Treasure Earth
Earth is in our care –
Vulnerable,
beautiful;
Treasure our planet.
— J.R.M.
Sea Level Rising
Paddle to the sea,
but the sea came up to
me!
Let’s float in the flood.
— M.K.
Climate Hope and Deeds
Reverse climate change?
Sustainability
now!
More deeds and less talk.
— K.V.W.
No Environment
No environment
No reason to be alive
No
more sunny skies
— M.G.
Renew
In all her beauty
Mother Earth asks for nothing
more than renewed life.
— Megan
Climate Policy
Care environment.
No funds, but research still
good;
Keep good professor.
— K.V.W.
Anthropocene Age
Anthropocene Age
Sea rise underway, they
say
Blind and remorseless
— L.M.B.
Prediction
What will happen when
Blues and greens turn black
and grey
The Earth stops singing
— C.L.M.
Do we rise?
A rise in our seas
we do nothing but wonder
we act or ponder
— L.R.
The Environment’s Savior
The enviroment
Needs humanities
saving
Animals need help
— D.K.
—
The fact is true that
Science is never settled;
We
must keep learning
— —
Beauty
Seeing earth’s wonder
Focused on the now and then
where is the future
— —
Changing Earth
Diverse planet Earth
Changed fast by same force
that will
Ingenue new paths
— J.M.C.
Sun
Sunset magical
Over turquoise waters now
Feel the
sparkling
— P.E.H.