# Drought Haiku

*Published:* 2007-03-30
*Author:* Bill Chameides

Warming of planet  
Shifts global winds and rain clouds.  
Land parched, people starve.

![](/climate411/wp-content/files/2007/03/Eritrea_drought%20-%20dry%20river.jpg)

Dry river bed in Eritrea – northern East Africa. Photo courtesy [WFP/Brenda Barton](http://www.wfp.org).