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."
