NEW YORK ~ NEW YORK ~ HOME TO OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE & RISING
C IVILIZATIONS are fragile ~ they come and they go !
I KNOW that Urban Activity exploits Mineral Resources
V ARIOUS Civilizations (30+) have come and gone since 10,000 BC
I KNOW that Urban Activity exploits Food Resources
L IFE on EARTH is becoming increasingly URBAN !
I N 1900 only 15% of People lived in Cities ~ in 2000 50%
Z ANY City Dwellers use more Resources and produce more Pollution
A LL Urbanisation requires land ~ causes deforestation etc
T HE Earth's Rsources cannot sustain more urbanisation
I FEEL ~ in the UK & USA we should support and develop Rural Communities
O NE GLOBAL solution is to develop self~sustaining Village Communities
N O ONE needs to starve or be without Clean Water
O NLY drastic change can prevent Global Warming and reduce POLLUTION
K ILLING SPECIES ~ Increased Deserts ~ Polluted Oceans ~ Raised Sea Levels
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love to ALL ~ BRIAN XOX
I'm not a PROPHET OF DOOM ~ I'm just stating the FACTS as they are !
If you have Great~Grandchildren ~ they will be alive in 2100 when the
Population will be 15 Billion liviung on a DYING PLANET unless we act NOW !
America must reduce her CO2 emissions learn to walk again and appoint
A New Green President like AL GORE ~ Blessings ~ BRIAN ~ XOXOX
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Author:
BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: All Young People want to live IN or NEAR a Big City for all the right reasons ! Education ~ Employment ~ Entertainment ~ Opportunity etc. The internet has shown the Whole World what is available and ALL the Young People (15 ~ 30) want a slice of it ! The problem is the GOOD LIFE is always portrayed as CITY LIFE and now over half the World's Population (3.7 billion) live in Cities. The % of Global Urban Dwellers increases each year ! Is it too late to save Planet Earth ~ The only Habitable Planet ~ for Future Generations ? The answer is in YOUR HANDS ~ AMEN ! Comments welcome ~ BRIAN XOX
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A fine write Brian. Of course I knew those former civilisations, being around in person in 10,000 BC. I'm very old you know. heehee.
Well STEVE you can play your own role in the 12,000 year old Man ! Pleased you liked it ~ BRIAN
A great reminder of the problems we have and face in the future.
Thanks MICHAEL ~ I hope to still be around in 2070 but shudder to think what thing will be like ! Yours BRIAN
Sadly, your words ring hard and true. Man has been oblivious to his impact upon his world. A great but sad write Brian.
YES INDEED AP ~ Man has chosen to opt out of Nature ~ But his profligacy has almost destroyed Nature with Pollution and Global Warming (due to a doubling of atmospheric CO2) etc. Sow constraint and reap a Whirlwind ! Thanks for your comment ~ BRIAN
As long as the jobs are in the big cities, people will flock there. Then, after they made their money, they move back to the small towns.
The last two lines are so very true. Good write.
You wrote a very fine and informative acrostic, Brian! I hope we can get leaders that know climate change is not a myth and we all work together to make ourselves as green as possible! Well done! Hugs-Christina
Thanks CHRIS ~ pleased you enjoyed it ! The acrostic Form enables me to write a POEM on anything ~ and get away with it ! What Trump should realise is the the HURRICANES which are hitting TEXAS and FLORIDA are caused by Global Warming which disturbs the normal Weather Patterns ~ OK B GOOD ~ B GREEN ~ Hugs BRIAN @@@@@@@@@@@
I do not know how could we change that. When I was young, I like to live in big city too.
Thank you for bring this up.
True M & M ~ We gravitate to Cities to work ~ Trouble is too many stay ! BRIAN SANTITA & I have composed a FUSION on Clothing ~ please check ~ Thanks B.
Well said Brian. We need to find solutions and bring it up to big media and government to help.
Thanks SISTER MALU ~ you look lovely ! YES we can all be GREENER and alert and advise the Authorities on solutions SUNDAY HUGS ~ BRIAN Santita & I have started a new FUSION on CLOTHING ~ please add a Poem ~ Thank B.
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