Ocean

Ocean damage is heartbreaking

Ocean action must be taken

Marine species must be protected

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No ocean is for humans to destroy

Yet the most destructive species,

Go on and on with no remorse

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Human activity, threatens the oceans

Deep sea damage, is concerning

Industrial fishing, cash more dollars

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Plastic pollution, it’s outraging

Microscopic life, destroyed and killed

Biodiversity, what does it mean?

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It is variety of life in a world that screams

Screams for help, begs for peace

No animal species, wants to die or disappear

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©Susan Fourtané, 2025 - All rights reserved (8/June/2025)

Author’s Notes:

World Oceans Day was celebrated yesterday, 8 of June, 2015, with the opening of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France (9 - 13 June, 2025). The theme of this year’s World Oceans Day is ‘Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us.”

“Put simply: the ocean is under enormous threat, but it can revive itself. But, only if together, we act now,” said HRH Prince William, Prince of Wales, Founder of the Earthshot Prize, speaking ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference which begins in France today.

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Author’s Note:

I wrote this free verse for Mickeydred unofficial June challenge.