Haiku 2023 – Senior Thesis Cruise
| Air warms more and more. Glaciers melt inching oceans up to our cities. Along the coastline, erosion intensifies from unceasing storms. Cyclones from the east. Parades of storms to the west. Rain, rain everywhere. People flee their homes because of decisions made before they were born. We sit back and wait for policies to protect the land we watch drown. I’ll tell my grandkids of New Orleans before it became Atlantis. -- Isabel G Water flowing in Movement depends on the tides Water flowing out Tug and pull by sun Solar tides and lunar tides Tug and pull by moon Semidurnal Two low tides and two high tides Two cycles per day And diurnal tides One high and one low Daily occurrence Tides enhance mixing Flushing pollutants away With decreased impacts Global temps increase Glacial ice melting faster Lost ice mass balance Sea level rising High tides inundating land And communities Identify shifts Displacement affects cultures Sea level rising -- Heather H. |
old carbon or new ocean will still warm before we realize err -- Amrita A. cliff face comes closer the corner house is submerged Where do they go now? --Autumn B. Land becomes islands. There is nowhere to escape. Seas swallow homelands. -- Sevrin S. Earth's Thermostat Change: Carbon Surge, Greenhouse Effect Temps Rise, Ice Melts Fast Rising Sea Level, Coastal Residents Become Climate Refugees -- Tony D. A Tale of Air and Sea Air and sea–a pair When carbon touches the air, The sea laments it Glacial Tears Glaciers slowly melt, Weeping at the atmosphere, ‘Til they are not here CO2 Carbon emitting Cities of fuel, oil, and heat. Process on repeat. Rainfall Warm skies; heavy clouds Water returning to ground, Flowing through the land Rising Seas Roaring rising seas. Coastal cities; floods, storms, tears, Surging through the streets Tears in the Flood The waters reaching Homes, roads, farms, and people’s hearts A coast filled with tears. Future Tales Tales from air and sea Show us rapid climate change Let’s tell a new tale. -- Ernesto C.-L. |
