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Bardd Plant Cymru pens new poem for #EarthHour

Published Sat 24 Mar 2018 - By Literature Wales
Bardd Plant Cymru pens new poem for #EarthHour

Casia Wiliam has penned a poem and accompanying bilingual resource to raise awareness of climate change. We’re delighted that as Bardd Plant Cymru, Casia continues to work with organisations, educators and children alike to open up the conversations that matter the most.

The poem, ‘Help’ was developed as part of #EarthHour, which took place Saturday 24 March at 8.30pm. There were multiple events throughout Wales to raise awareness of climate change, and the detrimental effect our carbon footprint has on the wider environment and its inhabitants throughout the world.

 

Help

Children, children, can you hear me cry?
These are my tears streaking the sky.

Children, children, can you hear me roar?
The pain is searing, the pain is raw.

Children, children, can you feel me choke?
On all this plastic, all this smoke.

Children, children, can you feel me scream?
I miss icy oceans and grass so green.

Children, children, can you feel the heat?
It’s burning all over; my face, my feet.

Children, children, can you promise me
that you will be different, will set me free?

Children, children, I’ll be here forever
if you make a promise to make me feel better.

Children, children, if you give me your word
I will give you my all – I will give you the world.

 

Casia Wiliam, Bardd Plant Cymru 2017-2019

 

Click here for the lesson resource.

 

Bardd Plant Cymru is a collaborative project between Literature Wales, S4C, Welsh Books Council, Welsh Government and the Urdd; it is the collective effort that enables distinguished poets to reach audiences small and large.