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Poisoned Talk: A Reflection on Nature's Loss

Industry and pollution have caused widespread environmental damage and poisoning across various ecosystems. Acid rain and soil pollution from industrial emissions have killed plants, fish, birds and entire forests and lakes by spreading toxins like mercury and sulphur dioxide through the air and environment. As each part of the ecosystem is damaged, it in turn poisons and kills other connected parts, demonstrating how human industry can have far-reaching destructive effects through air, water and soil.

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Poisoned Talk: A Reflection on Nature's Loss

Industry and pollution have caused widespread environmental damage and poisoning across various ecosystems. Acid rain and soil pollution from industrial emissions have killed plants, fish, birds and entire forests and lakes by spreading toxins like mercury and sulphur dioxide through the air and environment. As each part of the ecosystem is damaged, it in turn poisons and kills other connected parts, demonstrating how human industry can have far-reaching destructive effects through air, water and soil.

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  • Poisoned Talk: A poem by Raymond Wilson exploring themes of death and nature through a series of questions and answers, accompanied by related imagery.

Poisoned Talk RAYMOND WILSON

Who killed cock robin?


I, said the worm,
I did him great harm.
He died on the branch of a withered tree
From the acid soil that poisoned me.

Who killed the heron?


I, mouthed the fish,
With my tainted flesh
I killed tern, duck and drake,
All the birds of the lake.

Who killed the lake?


I, boasted Industry,
I poisoned with mercury
Fish, plant and weed
To pamper men's greed.

Who killed the flowers?


I, moaned the wind,
I prowl unconfined,
Blowing acid rain
Over field, flood and fen.

Who killed the forest?


I ensured that it died,
Said sulphur dioxide.
And all life within it,
From earthworm to linnet.

Poisoned Talk – RAYMOND WILSON Who killed cock robin? I, said the worm, I did him great harm. He died on the branch of a with

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