The Farmers Are Not Smiling Poem by Francis Duggan

On a beautiful late February evening of twenty six degrees
White butterflies seemingly dancing in the warm coastal breeze
That blow through the parkland from the nearby bay
So great to be living on such a nice day
The weather has been warm for quite a while
But some rain to the farmer's face would bring a smile
The water dams low in water and bone dry every drain
And the brown dry countryside could do with rain
Sad to realize that human created carbon emissions hurry on Climate Change
Worldwide the weather of late has been acting so strange
What we do to our Earth Mother to our own selves wedo
And this applies to me as well as to you
But in the dry and bare paddocks feeding their cattle hay
The farmers are not smiling on this warm sunny day.