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ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-02-07 03:00 PM

They cut down competing saplings
and leave room for forest growth
they work at desks over-night
do chores at home for their sick folks.

They get up at the crack of dawn
gobble down what there is in the fridge
sip warmed-up coffee and program their day:
the woods and fauna to expose and
turn to new highways.

They are symbols of an industrious country
have been hunted for their pelts,
have contributed to fur company wealth,
have seen their homes on stilts, collapse.

what are the chances that we have to survive
if we keep ourselves busy around our hives
and behave as busy beavers do keeping up their dams
but in fact we're busy at destroying God's natural plan.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (02-07-2002 03:06 PM).]

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

1 posted 2002-02-07 03:26 PM

Yes, when will we learn we are part of nature and cannot "rule" this planet? Enjoyed your poem very much.

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-02-07 03:42 PM

(tears fall down my cheeks) So very sad but well-said, sweet friend, my heart goes out to Mother Nature and I pray we can all stop this destruction somehow! (big huggssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Martin, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

3 posted 2002-02-07 03:42 PM

I enjoyed this very much, Martin...The beaver is another one of the chipmunk's cousins...they both belong to the Rodent family. Chipmunks eat acorns which are also a product of trees....but we are not as destructive as beavers.

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

4 posted 2002-02-07 11:25 PM

that's probably because the beaver has a larger biomass so it has to consume a larger diet to maintain its weight that the Chipmunk. You have chosen a more frugal rodent Madame Chipmunk

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