72 Miles From The Sea

Numbers of Tortoises and Terrapins In the wild are falling faster and faster Biologists and Environmentalists Are all predicting a Tur...

Dredging is no silver bullet Is the word coming from their ranks But at least it would be something To prevent rivers bursting their b...

  America doesn’t need to invade To find oil anymore Because in an ironic twist of fate Oil is invading their shore

  I must say I like President Obama He does his job with great aplomb But admitting defeat in the gulf Is a step to which he might hav...

It’s great to watch Obama Playing his presidential games Talking about kicking ass And taking names   He reminds me of King Canute...

  Local authorities’ love recycling It’s a green policy and its one that wins They want to reduce the carbon footprint Of the electora...

  They tell us we are in the grip of another Catastrophic climate crisis That will drown the world By melting the polar ices Well if...

  Discarded from a moving car The litter travels very far Each piece small or big Performs a little merry jig Each windblown piece a...

  “Who killed Cock Robin?”   “I,” said the Sparrow, “With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin.”   “Who killed the sparrows?”   “We...

  Where once was beauty Now stand the monsters Towering tall and lean Arms stretching outwards   These beasts have spread Across...

The Environmentalists believe in evolution Yet refuse to believe The planet is evolving Yes there is climate change Yes there is glo...

What is the lesser of these evils? Ugly wind farms scarring our hills Wave power trapping human mess Or the three eyed fish of Dungene...

I am the smoke That will simply float away Drift away powerless to stop There is a kind of beauty about me Also there is danger in me....

  When I was a boy Jumble sales helped good causes Raise some cash And if the jumble didn’t sell it The rag and bone man Took away t...

I am the smoke That will simply float away Drift away powerless to stop There is a kind of beauty about me Also there is danger in m...

  I was always told that Farming Was a terribly tough way of life Well, I haven’t found that to be the case And nor has Audrey my wife...

  What is the lesser of these evils? Ugly wind farms scarring our hills Wave power trapping human mess Or the three eyed fish of Dunge...

  Governments and big corporations Pollute our water for drinking Fill our food with chemicals And pollute the very air we’re breathin...

  I have found as I have travelled life’s highway that in the end everything comes down to perspective. For example, if you are inside a c...

THE GULF OF MEXICO It’s great to watch Obama Playing his presidential games Talking about kicking ass And taking names He reminds me of King...