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'A Sonnet for Triodos'
By Caroline Burrows / @VerseCycle

The earth breathed deeply beneath windy hills,
Rain clouds flew, water fell, a river grew.
In swam fish, exchanging air through their gills,
On the banks, trees laid roots, drank in the view.
Displaying branches of thanks, their leaves sent
Oxygen back to the sky, where birds lungs
Sang songs to the Sun, and on each day went.
Each of those who gathered heard the winds tongues
Teaching how to plant and grow energy.
Harvests from sunshine, air and water fed
Into homes which built a community.
Collectively they aimed, they looked ahead,
At ways to work with nature, they all strived,
Laid foundations, where they and the earth thrived.

This Sonnet & Acrostic was written for the ethical bank Triodos for their 2022 Annual Meeting with the theme #TogetherToZero2022. The poem incorporates themes of ethical banking, sustainability and fairness to all.

Triodos Bank’s mission is to help create a society with human dignity at its core. For over 40 years its sustainable products have enabled individuals and organisations to use their money in ways that benefit people and the planet. Find out more on the Triodos Bank website, and watch the full meeting hosted by Springwatch's Gillian Burke here:

https://www.triodos.co.uk/annualmeeti...

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Caroline Burrows is a writer of poetry, prose: fiction and non-fiction, whose poetry has featured in BBC Sky at Night Magazine, on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Bristol, and BBC Radio Devon, in Bristol Life Magazine and Bristol 24/7, and was the subject of a short film documentary ‘The Bristol Bike Bard’ officially selected for Adventure Uncovered, Sheffield Adventure and Kendal Mountain Film Festivals. She toured her one-woman poetry show by bike across England, and is one of Cycling UK's #100WomenInCycling 2022.

Caroline's poems range thematically from cycling; trying to be environmentally friendly; attempting to understand science, to reducing stigma and stereotypes associated with mental health; as well as themes of love and heartbreak.

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