Poetry is important to society as it allows artists to express a wide variety of views including those of politics, war and the nature of humanity. Talk about poem and song in this context. What is the message? The message of both the song and the poem discusses how humans are destroying planet Earth. This is an important issue in our society how?, and one people need to be reminded of to bring attention to the horrors right in front of our eyes. The respective works by Michael Jackson and Bri Mar use rhyme, rhythm, rhetorical questions, personification and symbolism, to make popular works which leave definite and lasting impressions on audiences. 'Earth Song ' by Michael Jackson, was released in 1995 from the album HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I, is about the Earth as trying to compensate for man 's mistreatment of the environment, the pain and wounds she has suffered. Jackson claimed in an interview at a The Third Ministerial Conference, 1995, "Environment for Europe" in Sofia: "It is my chance to pretty much let people hear the voice of the planet." (Unece.org, n.d.) This immense event could have inspired Jackson to create the song. Because he was "… feeling so much pain and so much suffering of the plight of the Planet Earth." The poem 'We Are Destroying The Planet Earth ' by Bri Mar was released in 2013. Both song and poem promote environmentalism; the ecological unbalance and deforestation, at the time of Jacksons 'Earth Song ' in 2013 influenced both