We must work together much closer, foster change much faster, and dig much deeper
Into our souls to find the drive to save what we believe are keepers
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Our oceans are becoming wastelands, forests flat, and rivers dry
How could this be? I honestly don’t understand why
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There is proven research and solutions that were crafted
Yet when it was much simpler, nobody acted
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We should’ve been proactive, not reactive
Should’ve listened to her cries for help, been adaptive
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Since society always valued booming business as the end prize,
Now even the most innocent of flowers will soon face their demise
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We have run out of chances
And quickly running out of time before mankind no longer advances
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Reflection
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Bel Yu
English 110 Honors Spring 2020 
I really like how your poem encapsulates Greta Thunberg’s speech and even keeps its strength in conveying the message that humans are killing the earth at a rapid pace and change must be made immediately. In your fifth stanza where you mentioned the sacrifice of ‘innocent flowers’ for a booming business, that really moved me because of how true it is and how unfortunate it is in today’s society.
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I like how you used this assignment to create a work that highlights how poorly society is treating our Earth. I like how you point our how was should have been proactive, but now we must be reactive, and we aren’t even doing that. We’ve seen so many “cries for help” from our planet, yet we still are not adapting. Good job!
-Romy Patel
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Wow what a powerful piece of writing. It was short and simple yet every line kept getting better and better. I really liked the format and the rhyme scheme of your post, it made it flow nicely and helped emphasize the topic. I thought the line, “We should’ve been proactive, not reactive…Should’ve listened to her cries for help, been adaptive ” was extremely clever and hit the nail on the head of such a relevant and emotional topic. Rhyming is not easy and all the lines rhymed well and went together smoothly to create a great post. Good job!
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