The Burning Lands

This poem was prompted by the devastating fires in Australia, and the refusal of their Prime Minister to accept that climate change has taken a periodic occurrence (bushfires) and fanned the flames into a catastrophe.

The Burning Lands
Australia burns, Fire! Fire! Fire!
The world is now a hotter place
People fleeing, as fires race
A time of hazard, a time so dire

The Prime Minister receives ire
Spurned where he shows his face
Australia burns, Fire! Fire! Fire!
The world is now a hotter place

This burning bush does not inspire
Across the land, unceasing pace
Refugees fleeing in deadly race
Townships burn, animals expire
Australia burns, Fire! Fire! Fire!