One Wishes Earth Were Not So Decimated
An Earth Day poem about the environmental damage of overpopulation. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: No.8 Requiem. By Esther Abrami. Music free to use at YouTube.
Endless Earths
An Earth Day poem imagining our wandering the universe in search of a home once we have ruined the Earth. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Chariots of War. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Windsong for a Healing Earth: Part 1
Part 1 of an Earth Day poem depicting the eventual destruction of the environment and the more environmentally friendly civilization that will follow, inspired by The Fifth World at https://thefifthworld.com/ . © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: We Are th
Windsong for a Healing Earth: Part 2
Part 2 of an Earth Day poem depicting the eventual destruction of the environment and the more environmentally friendly civilization that will follow, inspired by https://thefifthworld.com/. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Solo Cello Passion. By Doug M
Windsong for a Healing Earth: Part 3
Part 3 of an Earth Day poem depicting the eventual destruction of the environment and the more environmentally friendly civilization that will follow, inspired by https://thefifthworld.com/. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Asher Fulero. Music
Windsong for a Healing Earth: Part 4
Part 4 of an Earth Day poem depicting the eventual destruction of the environment and the more environmentally friendly civilization that will follow, inspired by https://thefifthworld.com/. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Elegy. By Wayne Jones. Music
Windsong for a Healing Earth: Part 5
Part 5 of an Earth Day poem depicting the eventual destruction of the environment and the more environmentally friendly civilization that will follow, inspired by https://thefifthworld.com/. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video Music: Wandering Soul. By Asher Ful
Each Must Save the Earth in Multiple Ways
A poem for Earth Day about the need for political as well as individual action to save the Earth. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Borderless. By Aakash Gandhi. Music free to use at YouTube.
Even Trees Awake to a Breakfast of Light
A number poem for Arbor Day imagining the inner life of trees. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
Exactly Which Would You Prefer
An Earth Day poem about the effect of human population on the environment: Exactly which would you prefer: A cradle or a conifer? Rejoice in each new soul, of course, Though too much life pollutes the source. Human life, especially, Defies its own ecolo
For Someone Who Devotes His Life to Trees
A number poem for a ranger in a National Park that preserves trees: For someone who devotes his life to trees, Of whom it may be said he does much good, Rejoicing in the natural harmonies That come from land with no one else to please, Yielding grace ins
The Seasons
A calendar poem about the seasons: THE SEASONS Spring comes laughing down the mountainside, Bursts out into colors, full of joy, Astounded once again to be alive, To dance at will through sweet green fields once more. Summer settles into long, slow da
As You Hike Through Public Land
A poem for Arbor Day about the value of uncut trees: As you hike through public land Reserved for public good, Be aware that public air Outbids the price of wood. Remember life is brief, is fragile, Dangling in a breeze, As you breathe in oxygen You owe