Pesticide Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

My village of greenery the land of hunter gatherers
Slowly changed into an agrarian community with hard work
Fertile soil and natural manures with abundant spring water
They changed the land into a heaven of cultivation
The varieties of paddies, vegetables they produced
The surplus they sold in the nearest markets
The cattle were aplenty and cow dung they used
Made the fruits and vegetables more tasty and good
Things changed while the authorities decided
Let there be production more and use chemical manure aplenty
Use the modern pesticides to curtail all pests
And try the best of modern methods of agriculture
Where productivity is vital and take the risks
They got classes for changes in agriculture
And opted for new methods when they got high profit
They got more subsidies on pesticides and chemicals
Not aware of the disastrous consequences awaiting
Years passed the paddy fields had became
Barren land without quality of topsoil earth
More they give, the more they get that too unhealthy
The chemical manures and pesticides in rampant use
Made our pretty village in a loss over all
Now the studied men comes with another request
Use little pesticide and use natural one more
Otherwise the produces will be contaminated
The people will suffer even the coming generations
Slowly we are changing the old methods
We expect a perfect good earth in the coming years.