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Sunshine
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0 posted 2001-10-14 07:42 AM


Do It For Yourself

no longer shall a machine keep
all my thoughts and
all my weeps
all my notes of fear, despair,
to only fall into thin air
no my notes
shall remain
with the black and white
and some days
yellow and black
of which I write
and so I say

do it for yourself

take the books off
of the shelf
read and live
get and give

and do it for yourself

every time I turn a page
another tree has been felled
so I must think of
shortcuts
there’s only so much water
in the well

I turned to machines
powered by water’s run
thereby keeping firm some
shade there in the sun

this tree

but I need do it by myself
my notes do hereby show
if you don’t do it for yourself
you’ll have no place to go…


© Copyright 2001 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
Krawdad
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1 posted 2001-10-14 10:41 AM


If you give it all away
one day there's nothing left
of life's water you'll be bereft

Do it for yourself, today

Trillium
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2 posted 2001-10-14 01:33 PM


Very "aware" poem.  Good job.

Betty Lou Hebert

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3 posted 2001-10-16 05:56 PM


It's hard to know which way to go isn't it?  But a new crop here in my valley is fast growing trees that are turned into paper products.  They take little longer than any other crop to be usable, so I think it is okay if we use some paper.  And they are watered by God's rains.  Joyce
Rex Allen McCoy
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4 posted 2001-10-21 05:45 PM


We all need take a stance Karilea
We seldom buy paper products that are unnecessary and they need more computers in our schools
We try to do our part with recycling as well
Nice write

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