Big fast carbon surge
ice melts oceans heat and rice
air warms by decades
In December 2013, the American oceanographer Gregory C. Johnson, who helped write an international report on climate change, has condensed several of its key findings into a collection of 19 Haiku poems. Since they were first posted, the haiku have caught fire on social media and been posted on Twitter more than 1,000 times in 19 countries around the world.
What makes haiku poetry unique is its ability to capture feelings and images by using simple sentences. It’s incredible how so few words can be so powerful, how so few words can describe something so hard to understand, and to face.
Haiku poem by Gregory C. Johnson
Picture by Gilbert Rodrigues (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jarfilms)
You can download the virtual booklet here: http://www.wmo.int/youth/sites/default/files/field/media/library/full_ipcc_haiku_slides_opt.pdf
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.
You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
Submission deadline: 14th May 2014