Portentous Poems

Poems about the threat of Global Warming

Middling May

An Epiphany moment whilst walking home from the pub one lovely evening in Newcastle where we get wonderful long Summer evenings.

Weeping For London

Another prophetic portentous piece
Cherry

Genesis (My oldest poem written in 1967)

I am rather proud of this piece, written when I was 17 and pre-dating current concerns about Global Warming by 30 years or so. It was inspired by reading the Flood story in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'.

The Sixties

Was it the smell of joss sticks, like madeleine cakes, or just the music that transported me way back in time.