THE PLASTIC PACIFIC
How much plastic is in the sea?
Fifty-one trillion pieces!
Fifty-one trillion ways to kill
all our ocean species.
Choking, snarling, killingwhales, turtles, and fish;
unless we stop dumping toxic trash
our oceans will diminish.
OTTER SNOT
Does
an otter
have snot
or not?
Whether or not
an otter has
snot,
I know
not.
Useful, cheap, convenient,
Found everywhere in our seas.
Endless uses.
It floats, swims, travels,
Found in hungry bellies.
Entangles and traps sea life.
Our Sea
Once clean and pristine,
Full of plastic debris,
No longer free of you,
On the sea bottom,
On the sea top,
No escape from you.
Crying Sea
How much longer can the sea put up with you?
Or will the sea just become a murky plastic soup?
Please stop the plastic poisoning,
Before it’s too late.
Stop making useless waste,
That hurts and kills me.
Australian Children’s Poetry 