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Our Mother Earth
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Our Mother Earth |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Our Mother Earth ________________ 45 years since we left our home and traveled the dark and empty night A million ships, a billion strong searching for a home to end our flight Worlds and Worlds have come and gone not one was ever right Oceans of tar and toxic gas the horror of their sight Where is the blues and emerald greens white puffs to roam the sky The morning songs of chickadees before the sun is high With ozone gone and acid rain the cancer from the sky We cut the trees that helped us breath murder is our crime Without remorse, Our thoughtless Course meant death would come in time Now gone for good, The World of Birth the sweet, the innocent, Our Mother Earth. James Parker Haley (1992) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This certainly gives pause for thought. Very sad. Denise |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Heavy words - if only words had the power to change the world - that is one of my wishes. Well done.  '...I want to be free - free to know people and their backgrounds - free to move to different parts of the world...' Sylvia Plath |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
This is very sad, I agree with Severn....If only words had the power to change the world!! What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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whiskey
since 1999-12-28
Posts 1278Australia |
Wonderful poem, I too wish words could change the world |
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Quiet Lightning Member
since 1999-12-26
Posts 56 |
This poem is deep.I really can't understand it. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Excellent, James - These are words we all should heed...... |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Thanks, Whiskey, Dark Angel, Severn, Denise and Quiet Lighting.... I do believe that words can change the world, and they can bring romance and love, and unfortunently they can bring hate. Given enough time we may get rid of the hate, but do we have enough time if we destroy the earth with pollution. James (PARKER) |
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