Liz Brownlee

Author: Liz Brownlee

Award-Wining Children's Poet, Author, Wildlife and Climate enthusiast, NPD Ambassador, blogger and owner of Lola the retired alert dog and Paddy the alert dog in training. Books include CLiPPA shortlisted Being Me, Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, Editor of Shaping the World, Author of Be the Change, Apes to Zebras, The Same Inside, Reaching the Stars and Animal Magic. I visit schools, libraries, literary festivals via Zoom and give lessons on writing poetry for children. http://www.poetryroundabout.com http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com @LizBrownlee@zirk.us @Lizpoet

We didn’t have room for all the poems we wrote for our new book, so here is one that was left out! It’s Global Recycling Day, so this seems appropriate:

Small Questions to Save the World

Was it made here?

Or was it flown in?

Will I use this again?

Or go in the bin?

Will this recycle?

Am I wasting food?

Can I mend this instead

of buying one new?

Can I walk to school

and get fit and trim?

Does it need plastic wrap?

Does it have palm oil in?

Can I give this away

when I’ve finished with it?

Or make something else

if I take it to bits?

Shall we make it at home

rather than carry-out?

Do I need it or want it?

Can I do without?