emotional mismatch

Have a purpose when you write

A child in Africa dies,
Because the parched land 
Can no longer feed it.
Mothers watch,
While fathers flee the reality,
Searching for food, 
They know isn’t there.

A blocked motorway
Caused by a lefty woke
Hanging from a gantry,
Causes endless rage,
But owns the proclamation, 
‘Death is more convenient,
Than delay.’

I heard the river laugh.

Short pieces about our future. Take a look. Free editable/printable PDF to educational establishments.

This chapbook is a portrait of our world in 30 years, or sooner. Who knows how quickly the sea will rise, glaciers will melt, animals become extinct, or how we will deal with mass migration, searching for food and water.
Here are 16 short pieces to make you wonder and hopefully react.
This isn’t meant to be easy reading, but the time has come to imagine our future and how we will advise our children on coping strategies.

Published by Clive La Pensée

Clive La Pensée, ex-science teacher, recognised writer on history of beer, novelist, expressionist, dreamer, believer in never giving up, empathiser, hopeful for a future without class, gender or racial prejudice. It's tough and at the moment, one has to remember distance travelled, rather than where we are at. View more posts