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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2008-03-08 09:20 PM

In the cool dawn of the rain forest
I walk by the sea along a sinewy trail
winding through cedar and arbutus;
the morning sun comes up
over the horizon’s curvature;
waves clap their delight
in rocky crevices deep below
as gulls cry upon the wind.

My mind wanders and I think:
will the people of Earth
ever learn the real nature
of what they call “money”?
Will they come to understand
before it destroys them
and their so pretty planet?

As if the very stones spoke
I hear this thought in my head:
“As long as there is a system
that creates poor and rich
there will always be a currency,
some kind of measure,
by which levels of injustice
may be factored with profitability.
Such is always a necessity
in any unjust society.”

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-03-08 09:32 PM

WindWalker,

I've walked the shores of the Great Northweat when my half Japanese family lived there. I'll never forget my 5 year-old grand son showing me about. It a beautiful place.

As far as money goes, it's an innocent bystander. It's its unwise, selfish, and greedy use that creates the problem.

Bobby

[This message has been edited by Robert E. Jordan (03-09-2008 09:05 AM).]

LadyTom
Member

since 2008-02-29

Posts 353
LA, CA

2 posted 2008-03-08 10:57 PM

Yes, decent questions with clear answers but nobody cares to ask. Beautiful poem on reality.

matronmedusa
Member

since 2008-03-08

Posts 89
Alabama, USA

3 posted 2008-03-09 01:02 AM

For food the birds don't have to pay
but then again; nor do they pray.

poddarku
Senior Member

since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

4 posted 2008-03-09 01:07 AM

yes, it is true that poet is speaker of truth. take for example , dear friend has measured the world acurately.

clever talks delay friendship!

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

5 posted 2008-03-09 01:11 AM

Much to ponder! Once in a system, how does one improve it? No pondering about the value of nature, though. It has immeasurable value. Another poem to file on my shelf. I enjoy your writing very much.

miscellanea

Brad
Member Ascendant

since 1999-08-20

Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea

6 posted 2008-03-09 06:55 AM

quote:
In the cool dawn of the rain forest
I walk by the sea along a sinewy trail
winding through cedar and arbutus;
the morning sun comes up
over the horizon’s curvature;
waves clap their delight
in rocky crevices deep below
as gulls cry upon the wind.

This is great!

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

7 posted 2008-03-09 08:19 AM

a grand-fine mix of wonderful (Nature) imagery and pointedly effective social commentary!

The gap between the ever-fewer 'haves' and the always-increasing 'have nots' is reaching
chasmic proportions even amid the 'economic caste system' of this corporate mediocracy
(that once was democracy)...

v. serious, long-sustained applause!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

8 posted 2008-03-09 11:39 AM

WindWalker~

'In the cool dawn of the rain forest
I walk by the sea along a sinewy trail
winding through cedar and arbutus;
the morning sun comes up
over the horizon’s curvature;
waves clap their delight
in rocky crevices deep below
as gulls cry upon the wind'

This is STUNNING~
A poem, in and by itself~
Absolutely gorgeous thoughts~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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