Archives For Environmental Issues
Extinction©
By Felina Silver Robinson
Copyright© 2014
My bones
My skin
My face
My head
My heart
My inner self
My outer self
My body
My Mind
It all belongs to me
It’s all a part of me
It all makes me whole
It all makes me empty
It all makes me happy
It all makes me sad
It all makes me think
It all helps me decide
My thoughts are mixed
My thoughts are uncertain
Sometimes they make me go back to the beginning
So I then can become certain
Certain of my beginning
Certain of my task
Certain of my foes
Certain of my allies
With all in place I’m ready, set, go…
Out into the world
With all that I have
All that I know
And all I intend to do
Look out world because I’ve begun
To turn to you and set you straight
The time has come to change this place
This place we call our home
Times are changing
Just like we do through the years
But now we must give this place
we call home a facelift
We must clean …
our air so we can breathe
We must clean ….
our water so we can drink
We must preserve …
what is good,
what is healthy
what is in danger
In danger of extinction
our birds
all of our food sources
our bodies
our selves
Give back to mother nature
All you have taken
Now she needs you as she has helped you
Help her before it becomes too late
We’re on a path
A path to extinction
Things can end faster than they began
Adam and Eve, Eve and Adam
No matter the name
No matter the forbidden fruit
Where there’s a beginning
There’s always and ending
We can only extend the time before our extinction
So make your choices
Choices control us
Choices change us
Choices lead us
Choices need us
Choices believe in us
City Streets©
Copyright 2016
By Felina Silver Robinson
I walk upon my city streets
Gasping for fresh air to breathe
It’s not easy if you didn’t know
With all the pollution that surrounds us
Too many cars and trucks
Followed by tons of smokers
Buildings and homes burning their chimney stacks
It’s a wonder that anything can survive out there
I walk upon my city streets
Wishing for more change
I’m grateful for the bicycle lanes
More so for what’s left of the greenspace
I wish for so much more though
I yearn somewhat for a simpler time
Where buildings didn’t fill the air
And take away the view
I walk upon my city streets
Where the ground now crumbles at my feet
All tattered and torn
From the weight of the world
And not being cared for
I can hear the earth’s cries
I walk upon my city streets
Gasping for fresh air to breathe
I close my eyes
And realize we brought this on ourselves
Now we must find a way to fix it all
Before it’s too late
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Courtesy College of Menominee Nation
Sherri LaChapelle, an instructor in the Black Ash Basket Making Workshop at the College of Menominee Nation, demonstrates the hard work involved in creating strips for baskets.
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The Keystone XL pipeline, known as the Black Snake among indigenous and grassroots activists, is no more.
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Photo by RoseMary Diaz
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Courtesy NIGA
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