The Franklin forests are extinct; <br />These trees of beauty are now rare; <br />No more are they found in the wild; <br />Their fragrant flowers tempt a child! <br /> <br />Last seen in 18 zero3, <br />By Altamaha river-side – <br />A deciduous tree or shrub, <br />It grows upto a twenty feet. <br /> <br />With leaves that change color by fall, <br />Its snow-white flowers are showy; <br />With golden yellow stamens free, <br />It is now grown in pots from seeds! <br /> <br />But nothing like the forests wild <br />Of Franklin trees that grew on own; <br />You could not find a path through them – <br />Home to wild animals many. <br /> <br />How Nature rears a forest dense! <br />–The secrets, no man deciphers; <br />The way they flourish in the wild, <br />No gardener can do like-wise! <br /> <br />As man destroys more forest trees, <br />For want of newer farming land, <br />Wild wondrous trees then cease to be, <br />And other species vanish too. <br /> <br />Deforestation is a crime <br />That has gone uncontrolled with time; <br />Rare species of trees, shrubs and beasts <br />Have been effaced from earth with ease. <br /> <br />The earth has lesser green cover! <br />’Tis growing bald, much more each day, <br />As forest trees are felled for wood, <br />At rates more than we ever should. <br /> <br />World’s rain-forests are turning scarce – <br />A cause of global-warming fast; <br />Landslides and floods are dangers new; <br />More species turn something of past! <br /> <br />Trees extract carbon-dioxide, <br />And make the air less polluted; <br />Wild beasts are on the rampage when <br />Their forest habitats are gone. <br /> <br />Save forests and afforest, man; <br />The clouds bring rain when trees ask for; <br />Wild beasts need forests for their homes; <br />Preserve forests in ways you can. <br /> <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes 6-23-2008<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/save-forests-and-rare-species/
