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I got this request............. |
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Enotneicna Member
since 1999-06-06
Posts 340Oakland, Or, USA 
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I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this......but I was so jazzed over it I just wanted to share it will you all here........ hello i go to sheldon high school...i was just reading your poem and i really liked it and i was wondering if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could i recite it for my final in english you see i am supposed to find a poem and memorize it. its worth like 100pts...and if you don't mind me reading it i was also wondering if you could tell me a little about yourself so i can tell the class about the author of the poem...oh and almost forgot the poem is called "warning"......thank you so much I deleted the student's name! Here is the poem and yes, I gave permission! Warning I am alive as you are alive. I breathe air as you breathe air. I take in food as you take in food. I have life-giving fluid flowing through me, As blood flows through you. And I have a name as you have a name. My name is Earth! I breathe through the plants that cover my hills, fields and valleys. As you breathe through nostrils into lungs. I take in food from decomposing vegetation, As you eat food to nourish your body. And water flows through me in underground rivers, As blood flows through your veins. You have lived upon my surface for eons. There are those among you who know that I am alive. They have told you I am not a dead thing to be owned. You should listen to these words. Your numbers increase incessantly. You take more resources to compensate for you increasing masses. Some of what you take cannot be replaced. That which can be replenished is not. You are becoming a parasite, a cancer, and you are killing me. But, like you, I have a survival instinct; I will not allow you to destroy me. If you cut too deeply into my rain forests, you will unleash my immune systems. You have already encountered the beginnings of these.....Aids.....Ebola. And there are others.....recessed deeper within me. Tread carefully.....your time grows short. You may one day release parts of my immune system, That can and will , totally annihilate your immense populations; And still leave me intact to begin anew. You do not know how the huge reptiles that once lived upon my surface Became extinct! You have your speculations, but you do not know for sure. Be careful you do not follow in their footsteps! Enotneicna SLR 1998 Words are my medicine. Read and live and love and heal! |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Wow!!! That's really cool! I think the poem is brilliant, extremely clever and well written. Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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Enotneicna Member
since 1999-06-06
Posts 340Oakland, Or, USA |
Lizzie....... Thanks....it seems to be a favorite of my friends. Words are my medicine. Read and live and love and heal! |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
OUTSTANDING  This is very informative and a very powerful read. Great message portrayed here. Loved it. P.S This is most definitely the sort of poem that needs to be shared. THANKS Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
This is a wonderful message and poignantly portrayed Enotneicna ... well done! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Enotneicna~ What a wonderful poem to be shared with all. Thank you for sharing this with all of us. Maybe we will learn ... maybe ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
WOW!! How wonderful! And a wonderful poem too... K |
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Enotneicna Member
since 1999-06-06
Posts 340Oakland, Or, USA |
Tracie, Thank you..... Earth Mother speaks and I just listen! So glad you enjoyed it. Many blessings! Kit, There is no other way to relay such a message! Many blessings! Marge, Thank you so much for your praise and encouragement.......i find myself looking forward to your respnses to my work! Many blessings, Always! Severn, WOW.......that's what I thought when I read it after I wrote it.... Thanks and many blessings!< !signature--> Words are my medicine. Read and live and love and heal! [This message has been edited by Enotneicna (edited 05-25-2000).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Wow indeed! It's a great poem..And isn't it wonderful when someone out of the blue loves your work...sort of validates you doesn't it.. Good job!!!!  |
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Enotneicna Member
since 1999-06-06
Posts 340Oakland, Or, USA |
Poet deVine, Thank you.......it sure does! Lets you know that someone other than a fellow poet appreciates your words.....no matter how easily they come.....and these came very easily I must say......startlingly so! Many blessings! Words are my medicine. Read and live and love and heal! |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Enot this is a wonderful poem. We had earth day challenge here in April WOULD have been a fantastic contribution to the challenge, but I say everyday should be earth day. This is wonderful -- very well thought and I wish it was posted on in all newspapers right on the front page! ~netswan |
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Enotneicna Member
since 1999-06-06
Posts 340Oakland, Or, USA |
netswan, Thank-you! I agree......everyday should be Earth Day! Many blessings! Words are my medicine. Read and live and love and heal! |
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