Pripyat: City Reverting to Nature

Michael Champion

Abandoned now for thirty plus years
After the Chernobyl explosion
The City of Pripyat's reverting to nature,
The buildings subject to erosion.

Flowers grow through the pavements
Moss grows on the roads
The animal populace grows.
Nature reclaims what humans desert
Seeds blown by the wind are then sown.

Empty school dormitories are now home to birds;
The glass in the windows is broken.
Birds fly in and fly out and build their nests there:
They are disturbed by no-one.

The old soccer field is covered with trees
A deciduous forest, as years ago.
The seats are all rotting, the Ferris wheel rusts
And plantation continues to grow.

Nature will recover when we are gone
Though we should protect it while we are here
Nature’s resilient as Pripyat’s wildlife shows:
Squirrels, wild boar and red deer.

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Pripyat is a ghost town in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, evacuated and left abondoned since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The city is featured in the documentary "Life After People".

  • Author: Michael Champion (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 6th, 2017 10:35
  • Category: Nature
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  • Louis Gibbs

    Nature starts immediately reclaiming whatever man builds. And so it is. Fine poem illustrating this, Michael!

  • Goldfinch60

    Very good write, nature will always assert itself if left uninterrupted.



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