Climate 2

By Charlie

When things happen or situations crop up that raise an eyebrow, or cause a smile or simple appreciation, they are often the catalyst for one of Charlie’s poems. He finds putting writing them frees his mind to get on with something else.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jan 26, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669833987

Charlie

Born and raised in UK, Charlie is an engineer who likes sailing and music (Cello). He has lived around the world and is now happily married and living in Adelaide. He has two children and 5 grandchildren.

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Rev. date: 01/25/2023

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Contents

Adversaries

Automaticity

Change

Choice

Compost

Cope

Danger

Death by Inertia

Everyone is Worried

Failure

Focus

Ghosts – A Common History

Glasgow Change

Grieta Toonberg

Growth

Hope Still Lingers

Hope

Impact - and its Reduction

Dreams…

Just Plus, Up and Tomorrow…

Our Wake…

Progress

Quickly

Quickly

Strawbale House

Struggling

That Immense Task

That Worry

The Bassist and The Cellist

The Burning Issue

The Carbon Club

Carbon Neutral Car

The Carbon War

The Crime of All Time

The Effects.

The Future

The Morbid Choice

The Point

The Sky

The Yokels and The Students.

Those Smiles

Time.

We are All Aware –or Are We?

What is Preparation?

Worries

Worries2

Adversaries

There’s a couple in Adelaide,

well to do

and retired now.

The climate may be in trouble,

and our government glued to the past.

Covid is abroad round the planet,

but thankfully being reined in,

with jabs, plus people being careful.

All that aside,

The drama of the day,

was that a possum had broken in

last night through the cat flap,

made a big mess,

and wrecked a plant outside.

While the cat

had done nothing...

The cat and the possum

- the government and the climate.

Are they afraid

or just too fat?

Charlie Madden

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Automaticity

Australia was autonomous for 65,000 years

no imports no exports -

totally self-reliant

with 300,000 peaceful sane Aboriginal people.

The masts for

Nelson’s victory came from Canada-

there were no tall trees left in UK.

All had been felled.

Madeira means