Weekly Poetry Challenge four

week two entry summer haze

Summer Haze

Summer haze
Settles down on the world
Breaking one record
After another

Hot, dry dusty air
Covering the planet

As the heat dome
Travels the world
Politicians debate
What to do

The Republicans of course
Think that it is all a hoax
That it will end soon

The weather gods
Have other ideas
As the world continues
To burn up

The desert winds
Filling the air
With that burned out
Summer haze

That everyone now
Associates with the summer
As the world burns

Millions of people
On the verge of starvation
Whole cities will have to be abadoned

As the water fails
The heat continues
And the climate gods
Are angry

Nothing can be done
As the fossile fuel companies
Have a stranglehold
On world political leaders

Truly it seems
Like the end of times
The end of the world

As the world burns
And people flee
Into makeshift
Underground cities




Week # 2


SUMMER HAZE

It's not required that you include the prompt words in your poem,
but the poem should be inspired by the phrase 'summer haze'.

a minimum of 12 lines, no max

There is no form requirement; however,
please include the form's name if you use a form