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Open Poetry #36

Population

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2005-07-12 01:53 AM

Dedicated to World Population Day

A place with space it seems
a mind shows countries teem
with the element of people
deceptive crowds in cities
real crowd lies East,

pity East and West can't meet..
even if they did
would all eat?
a prediction
a projection
who would guarantee
proper waste collection

Pity as the unfed eat less
growth occurs more in poverty
millions more seek shelter
yet there are green spaces
few can share vast acreages
as someone else
distant relative too
from a populated land
can never set foot
in greener lands.

Just as green on other side of hill
what to do with the population mill
Count as spaces grow dimmer
while global warming simmers

say you live in a true land
strong and free
shared with all those millions more
from now until mid-century
a prediction
a projection
count the spaces on collection.

Some minds want to see Dakota spaces
a shanty in a prairie corn field
others are set on urban sprawls
an element of people crawls;
deceptive crowds attached to blocks
count as spaces run out of stock...

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (07-13-2005 01:03 AM).]

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-07-12 02:07 PM

Targeting your marks again, Sir...
Thank you.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2005-07-12 05:20 PM

I watch as the farms are being devoured...some out of necessity and some out of greed...and wonder what the world will be like in another 30 or so years...

M

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

3 posted 2005-07-16 06:47 PM

Hey Martin,
Very well spoken.
Enjoyed this fine read.

:-)

<^^> Today the pond....Tomorrow the world

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2005-08-21 11:42 AM

thought-provoking for sure Martin

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