Hello Kim! Loved this. Seems as though we followed very similar themes. Your poem looks very professional as well. I think you told a great story and chose your words carefully. Thanks for sharing

Another topical poem, Kim. I like how the words carry the theme of your poem throughout. The Devil’s roulette is the perfect image to go with this – it’s all a bit hellish. Sometimes we have to say it like it is!

Hi Kim, Tell it how it is, honest, blunt and perfect. I like the way you have set it out, the different sized stanza’s and your second last line of Bam. This should be in the Newspaper. Really well done.
One very tiny suggestion: same old same shit – I think a comma in between same old, same shit is needed to make it stand out more.

Hi Kim, I liked the rhyme of topic with catastrophic — such a perfect pairing of meaning… I wouldn’t quite call this satire, it’s a bit too realistic for that. The description of the politics is spot on. For some reason while reading it the rainbow story came to mind, that floods will never be the cause of destruction again (take that rising sea levels), nope i think you’re right it will be lack of water and abundance of fire. Well done!

Hi Kim, Good for you, tackling this topic. The line, “Another round of talk talk talk,” jumped out as the clincher for me, as well as “finger pointing, country shaming…” and ….”What’s a billion, what’s a trillion..” This is an issue that won’t go away by talking or blaming or throwing money at it. I love the title – most apt and scary. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Kim, very powerfully worded on a very serious issue. You’ve hit the nail and you should be called to stand on centre stage when the politicos next gather and read your creation to them where the ‘finger-pointing skirters’ can see the passion pouring from your eyes. Keep up the good fight.

Hello Kim,
I really admire the way your poems are always full of vigour and force. This particular message needs repeating and shouting from the rooftops and your poem does it. I like the rhyming and the rhythm. Great stuff.

Hi Kim – loved the urgency of the poem but how it conveys the very lack of the same in tackling the issue. Strident and to the point…

Hi Kim, love the rhythm and the language of your poem! The topic is very urgent indeed. We really should wonder much more why we still need to discuss. We should all roll up our sleeves and get to work! If each of us does our share, the planet will be better off. But with politicians like Trump who negate that climate change even exists…

Well Done, Kim ! Your poem is very hard hitting and a wake-up call for all of us. We all need to do our bit in this race against time. The politicos are too busy bickering in an attempt to garner as many votes as they can. If they were actually concerned, the planet would not be getting destroyed like this. So, the onus lies on us eventually. Great job 😇👏

Hi Kim. There’s a lot I love about this poem, plus its accompanying visual. The repeated words are the best ever – they are what creates the urgency. Wonderful!
There are a few suggestions too, if you’ll allow me:
* losing the “…” and the word “ecological” in the second line – for the sake of the rhythm. – it doesn’t need to be said explicitly, it’s there already. Just like “to our global warming” could be omitted without losing anything, Instead you’ll find that centigrade then becomes a pivot word, that may point to the actual global warming, or the heat of the political discussions.
* worn down, well-worn – I’d suggest switching around so you get well-worn, worn down, because that creates yet another repetition which is a main feature of your style in this poem.
* title: why not Devil’s Roulette? I think what you’re addressing is bigger than a reference to any particular country or culture…