World Environment Day

A recent scene on television, of elephant tusks being burned, brought to mind these two poems of mine.   With World Environment Day approaching on 5th June 2016.  It seems appropriate to post them on my blog.

               Images of elephants 

Silent elephants

In the dusty Savannah

Weeping together

For the loss of their leader

Killed for her ivory tusks

…………………………….

 

Elephants use tusks

For lifting heavy objects,

Digging for water

And scratching for minerals

Ivory hunters sell them.

 

©Brenda Williams