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Good morning Matthew,

You created another vocabular rich poem!

Favorite line

think Pandora's box

With all the wild fires, it may be easy to over look the many species and wildlife that have perished. You do a nice job in pulling out issues that may contribute to the fires, such as the enviroment and the changes in climate on Earth. 

I started a vocabular list, of words in your poetry Matthew, that I had to look up. So, I can evaluate your poems with clarity and further interpretation. 

Word list for this poem

1. Portentous
2. Harbinger
3. Irrevocable
4. Bipedal
5. Hominid
6. Bailiwick
7. Swaths
8. Roughshod
9. Berserk
10. Simian
11. Edenic

Definitions came from the online dictionary: American Heritage

American Heritage Dictionary, portentous
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=+portentous
Accessed January 8, 2019

Portentous

Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding: "The present aspect of society is portentous of great change" (Edward Bellamy).

Harbinger

One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.

Irrevocable

Impossible to retract or revoke: an irrevocable decision.

Bipedal

1. Having two feet; two-footed.
2. Walking on two feet.

Hominid

Any of various primates of the family Hominidae, which includes orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and modern humans, and their extinct relatives. The family formerly included only Homo sapiens, extinct species of Homo, and the extinct genus Australopithecus.

Bailiwick

1. A person's specific area of interest, skill, or authority. See Synonyms at field.
2. The office or district of a bailiff.

Swaths

a. The width of a scythe stroke or a mowing-machine blade.
b. A path of this width made in mowing.
c. The mown grass or grain lying on such a path.

Roughshod

1. Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
2. Marked by brutal force: Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
Idiom: ride roughshod over
To treat with brutal force: a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

Berserk

1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows.
2. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged: berserk with grief.
3. Informal Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild: berserk over chocolates.
n.
1. One that is violent, upset, or unrestrained.
2. A berserker.

Simian

1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a monkey or an ape: humans and other simian primates.
2. Relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a monkey or a nonhuman ape: caricatures of politicians with simian features.

American Heritage Dictionary, Edenic
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Edenic
Accessed January 8, 2019

Edenic

E·den  (ēdn)
n.
1. Bible The garden of God and the first home of Adam and Eve. Also called Garden of Eden.
2. A delightful place; a paradise.
3. A state of innocence, bliss, or ultimate happiness.

Great job Matthew.