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ecrivan
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my own state

0 posted 2002-02-01 10:58 PM


Those were the fields once laden with gold
we had swept their untold wealth
and the trees of scented cherry wood
were felled by the lumberman's axe
it carved its notch, its sound was understood.

Hunter calls dissipated, for the wood is no longer
prospectors disseminated, their nuggets they pondered
search for clues to the changing status quo
hunters and cultivators of visions on the go.

A fisherman would catch a fish that speaks
animal tending was an affair that looked bleak;
the devil's current swept away the treasured fish
revolt on the farm exposed the animals' latent wish.

Search those fields for gems and precious stones
hear the chopping in the woods, I am not alone;
in 'The Cherry Orchard', that sound meant imminent social change
traditional values would never be the same.





[This message has been edited by ecrivan (02-01-2002 11:07 PM).]

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Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05
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Michigan
1 posted 2002-02-01 11:06 PM


Terrific and true poem, Martin...I really hate it when developers chop down entire forests to build shopping centers or factories...They just bulldoze an entire forest, rather than saving whatever they can.  That really makes me mad!
and I love your poem!

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10
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my own state
2 posted 2002-02-01 11:10 PM


Hi Lyra,

and I love those little clip art pieces that
come my way, they add to your statements too!
this poem digs deeper than just talking on city development though, it refers to the period ushered in by the Bolsheviks


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