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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

A climate change poem for today: The Question by Theo Dorgan

The 'blue, beautiful world' seen from space
The ‘blue, beautiful world’ seen from space. Photograph: Bill Anders/Appolo 8/NASA

When the great ships come back,
and come they will,
when they stand in the sky
all over the world,
candescent suns by day,
radiant cathedrals in the night,
how shall we answer the question:

What have you done
with what was given you,
what have you done with
the blue, beautiful world?

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