Climate change: Al Gore gets poetic

Former US Vice President Al Gore, America's most strident crusader against climate change, has penned a poem predicting how the world will suffer, if leaders fail to act on rising carbon dioxide emissions.

The poem features in Gore's new book, "Our Choice- A plan to solve the climate crisis", The Telegraph reported.
 
He has reportedly resorted to poetry, as his editor did not allow him to publish a chapter in the book about the ramifications of uncontrolled global warming.

The poem in full:
 
"One thin September soon
 A floating continent disappears
 In midnight sun
 
Vapors rise as
 Fever settles on an acid sea
 Neptune's bones dissolve
 
Snow glides from the mountain
 Ice fathers floods for a season
 A hard rain comes quickly

 Then dirt is parched
 Kindling is placed in the forest
 For the lightning's celebration

 Unknown creatures
 Take their leave, unmourned
 Horsemen ready their stirrups

 Passion seeks heroes and friends
 The bell of the city
 On the hill is rung

 The shepherd cries
 The hour of choosing has arrived."