In the once great river pollution is rife <br />Nowadays it does not support much aquatic life <br />In a polluted river fresh water fish rare <br />Pollution can cause extinction of that much we are aware <br />On the polluted river few water birds to be seen <br />Most of the river pools covered in algae of green <br />From sewage and wash of chemical fertilisers that in drains into it does flow <br />With so called human progress the scourge of pollution does grow <br />Pollution in it flowing to the distant ocean shore <br />The once great river is not great anymore <br />Do not drink of these waters the warning signs say <br />Pollutiuon is rife in the World of today <br />And the once great river flows on muddy gray <br />To the mighty ocean many miles away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-once-great-river/
