I must admit that I remain a skeptic about Global Warming. The planet Earth has undergone cycles of heating and warming since it began - ice ages have come and gone several times. It has recovered from many disasters, and weather has always been unpredictable. To think that we can change this recurring cycle in any major way, is the height of human pretentiousness. Just think, one single massive volcanic eruption is ten thousand times more harmful than anything we can do. One could instantly send us back into the ice ages by covering the whole planet in vaporous clouds for years. I'm not saying that we shouldn't take better care of our planet. I'm just saying, "get real". Here's a picture of my driveway in February, 2014.

This poem is an Acrostic Sonnet.
The Acrostic Sonnet combines the elements of two poetic formats. An acrostic is a poem which spells out a word or idea. What it spells out is also the the title of the poem itself. The first letter of each line spells out this key word or words. But variations can be attempted such as having the first letter in the sentence and the last letter in the sentence spell out a word. A traditional sonnet is a poem of 14 lines. It follows a strict rhyme scheme. A Sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line containing ten syllables and written in iambic pentameter. Typically there are three abab rhymes quatrains and a closing couplet, with a volta at line 9, but for this Acrostic format, the sequence and rhyme scheme has been modified to fit the phrase. For this one, the volta is at line 7.

This photograph was taken by the author himself on February 17, 2014.

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