Earth Day-Friday Poetry Prompt

 I find that the first line of a poem/story tends to wing in to me in the oddest of places. I rarely have a notebook at hand, despite the general stipulation to all writers that you should always carry one, a should that conjures up for me the notion of heavy duty task resulting in a drawer full of notebooks in pristine condition, so I'm lucky if the darn line hasn't floated away before I find a scrap of paper, receipt, tissue, corner of an envelope...you get the idea...

My suggestion , as opposed to stipulation, is that you catch these ephemeral  beings before they escape you.

Three of my, let's call them, butterflies this week were:

Dog Hair will travel

I'm in love with the Angelus blacksmith/welder on the Six-One News

I like to take long hot showers.

I decided to develop this last one. More on that blacksmith at a later date.

And the Eamon referred to below is Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment.

And just by the way carbon-neutral was "word of the year" New Oxford American Dictionary 2006

Personal Impact Statement

I like to take long hot showers, Eamon

I like to think I can offset my shower  emissions

with vegetarian meals, absence of beef,

dearth or lack of long-haul flights

or flights of any duration for that matter,

my Shanks' mare footprint, my salvaged furniture,

recycled jumpers and ban on fast fashion.

By applying a carbon-accounting-frame to my lifestyle,

while not achieving full living-green-practices,

I hope to balance out as being at least carbon-neutral

if not net-zero, given that from the get-go

I do take long hot showers.

But a recent letter from Irish Water

To tell  me that I may have a leak

Is weakening my resolve.

Copyright 2022 Cathy Leonard All rights reserved

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https://justenergy.com/blog/how-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/

https://plana.earth/academy/what-is-difference-between-carbon-neutral-net-zero-climate-positive/

https://www.joe.ie/news/eamon-ryan-shorter-showers-less-driving-cost-of-living-ireland-745567