For Technology And Progress Poem by Francis Duggan

For technology and progress what have we to show
Far less wildlife now than a decade ago
Many species extinct and others becoming rare
And so few of us seem environmentally aware.

And hardly a day does go by in the Town
When to build more houses more trees are cut down
And habitat destruction to extinction for some creatures does lead
And less land for wildlife with more people to feed.

Our burnings of carbon and fossil fuels hurry on climate change
And our attitude to our environment to say the least strange
Far too many of us believe that to pollute is okay
That for our abuse of Nature we will not have to pay.

In technology we have come such a long way
And most things seem humanly possible in the World of today
But pollution and habitat destruction for wildlife to extinction lead
And of more environmentally aware people the World is in need.