Late in the night,
above the urban drawl,
a song summons me
from quiet black sleep,
a voice percussive and shrill
like a lucid, drunk piccolo.

A mockingbird sings—
the very one that sang reveille,
that bright but eerie solo.

The sound penetrates
like a sub-zero wind,
now transposing to a voice
I comprehend.

"Imagine the earth without bird-song.
Gone from...
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The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. The delta is largely covered with a swamp forest known as the Sunderbans, which is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger.

The world as an umbrella turned inside out by a powerful storm, while gripped by a dark almost diabolic-looking figure is the winning art work for the 16th International Children's' Painting Competition on the Environment it was announced today.

The work, by 12 year-old Charlie Sullivan of the United Kingdom, echoes to this year's theme of climate change...
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