The Battle of an National Icon
by Norma Martiri
Towering gum trees stand majestic
Eucalyptus, nature’s domestic.
Adorable with real distinction
Staring down the barrel of extinction.
Habitats devoured by hungry machines
Apathetic world needs other means.
Frightened koalas cling to felled trees
Greedy developers do as they please.
Urban sprawl, a disease to nature
Progress ensures there’ll be no future.
The race is on to save furry friends
On us our treasured icon depends.
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2011 Norma Martiri |
About Norma Martiri
Biography
Norma Martiri lives and works in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and youngest daughter and is an emerging writer seeking to bring her life experiences to the written word. Norma has been dabbling in poetry for many years but has only just begun to have time to focus on it seriously and hopes to publish a book in the very near future.
