Nineteen Seventy-Six,
Enter Dr Bob Brown,
Franklin River dam preventer,
Conscientious objector:
Nuclear arms hunger striker,
Afghanistan protestor,
President GW Bush snubber,
Tibetan human rights championer,
Take that China!
Two Thousand Twelve,
Greens leader Senator Bob retires,
Environmentalist full time,
“Too conservative, worries me I’m not doing enough”,
Rampant native forest destruction,
Peaceful direct-action demonstrations,
Arrests,
Bring em’ on!
Historical defyers,
Suffragettes inspirational,
Look what they did—
Now the environmentalists,
Subsidised ruination,
Flattening tallest flowering forests,
Woodchip mountains aplenty
Voracious hulking furnaces,
Deadly HEAT,
Bubblin’ earthly caldron.
Seventy per cent Aussies
Save native forests,
Seventy per cent pollution
Corporate lackeys,
Too easy materialism.
Save Nature Now,
Youth demands it!
Saint Bob’s optimism, legendary,
Optimism opposed to facts,
Get going wish – Youth,
Feisty Bob Brown Foundation,
“Don’t get depressed, Get active”,
Callin’ all forest defenders.
Happy Eightieth, Dear Bob!
Agitate. Disrupt. Defend.
Reese Halter is a bees/trees/seas defender.
Unearthly Wails is a special edition, a collection of poetry
illustrated by renowned Ojibwa artist Terry McCue.
Email: HalterBooks@gmail.com to order
