Through forests green and seas of blue,

trees of oak and trees of Yew.

Misty swirls in Glen and Dale,

hills of green all tell a tale.

In cities smoky and pollution grey.

Factories lost spell another way.

Concrete jungles in nations grew,

buildings tall that help the few.

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Karen Burns is 49 and lives in Coventry, England and she is a freelance journalist. Her interests are reading, poetry, writing reviews and she has a blog all about her daughter who has an eating disorder.