Climate Warming Poem by Ima Ryma

Her young cub born in winter late,
Mama polar bear's concerned that
She and her cub will suffer fate
Of less food in their habitat.
Seals be their primary food source,
But she has seen that the sea ice
Has melted so much, in due course
She and her cub will pay a price.
Without the ice to walk out on,
She has to swim far out to find
The seals, harder to pounce upon.
The thawing ice troubles her mind.

By instinct, Mama polar bear
Knows it is too warm in the air.