Poem, 5 October 2018. I know nothing else As bendy and elasticas ubiquitous and fantasticAs that amazing material they call plastic. You can make just about anything out of itFrom plastic mats and plastic toysTo swanky furniture and styrofoam buoys. You can put it into almost anythingFrom scrubs and glittery cosmeticsTo cars, shoes and shining…
Tag: Plastic pollution
Ode to the plastic ocean📘
Published at https://spillwords.com/ode-to-the-plastic-ocean/ Recited at Poetry Slam Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2019 Poem, 15 September 2018. I am a Manta rayForty years of swimming these baysNow my diet has far more varietyNot just multi-coloured fishBut lots and lots of plastic. I am a green sea turtleTwenty years of floating along Nibbling seaweed and singing…
Plastic offering to the Gods
Poem, 3 October 2018. I wake up and honour the rising sun,The fields, the rivers and the bountiful ground.I have a bath and comb out my long black hair,Wear my batik kain and white lace kebaya.With the sash knotted firmly around my waist, I am ready to begin a new day. I set out my…