Forest Fire
smoke obscures the dawn
there is no…no early light
oh say, can you see
the root cause, the root causes
and does it, does it give pause.
Another one for Brendan’s ekphrastic challenge over at Earthweal. Taking part in open link weekend over at earthwealhttps://earthweal.com/, since I’m late for the original prompt,
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Bush fires in Australia are dramatic. High north winds (here they come off the desert and are hot and dry) are often when blazes start. We had a big one on The Great Ocean Road yesterday because of weather conditions but fortunately the weather is much cooler today and we had rain last night so it’s under control. It’s very late in our summer to be getting fires though.
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Our fire season has yet to start! Still wet and coolish here, Thanks for reading…JIM
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Amen. But I didn’t see any root causes here, unless it was whistling the American anthem.
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There’s only so much a tanka say🙂. I lean towards the facile sometimes!
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I think too many have their own causes and forget about the collective well being of the planet. Too many natural disasters.
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Sorry for the late reply, you make an excellent point.
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