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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2006-04-05 04:53 PM



By boot and by backpack
we made our attack

at a threatening bulldozer's
gigantic big track
that tried to bury
our tiniest natives,
the plants on the hillside
that Mother Nature kindly gave us.

We stood our ground,
made that monster turn 'round
in its tracks.
I wonder if he
saw what we saw
when he decided to depart...
the way his nasty teeth
had chewed the earth apart.

Yes, we were few and miniscule
according to anyone's measure.
But we still won that battle,
hands and weapons down.

By boot and backpack
we made our attack.

And won.

© Copyright 2006 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2006-04-05 06:43 PM


Congratulations   I love how you stand up for what you believe in~~


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2 posted 2006-04-05 07:13 PM


thank you, Maureen . It's from an event in my younger days in California.  
Challenging a bulldozer is a bit intimidating!
But that was one time we won, thanks to the endangered species act and some luck on our timing.

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3 posted 2006-04-05 08:01 PM


Warriors of beauty bright..and the flowers were good too..LOL..enjoyed the write Kacy..thank you..

Goldenrose.

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4 posted 2006-04-05 08:21 PM


Kacy...thanks for being so brave!!  
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5 posted 2006-04-05 09:46 PM


Kacy~
We can't stop it all ... but we can try~



*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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6 posted 2006-04-05 10:13 PM


Kacy, I knew this was your spirit!  I admire your writing and that brave soul behind it!  *hugs*....jo
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7 posted 2006-04-05 10:29 PM


Thanks for your replies, Phil, Martie, Marge, Jo. For physical reasons, these days I am not as inclined to challenge bulldozers or hike the hillsides, but still write letters and voice my concerns.
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8 posted 2006-04-05 11:13 PM



You're my kind of person Kacy.
Keep on writing those letters
and these great poems.


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9 posted 2006-04-06 01:05 AM


YES!
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10 posted 2006-04-06 03:24 AM


More like you are needed. thanks for caring. martyjo
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11 posted 2006-04-06 06:50 AM


"the plants on the hillside
that Mother Nature kindly gave us."

I have tried to save them also, Kacy

These gifts, these treasures...moving ahead of the bulldozers...digging up rare ferns and dutchmens breeches in my native Bucks County...

Though the place was ruined anyway,
you succeded here, what a triumph!...bravo to you and this poem.

I am saddened by the thoughts of those I could not save.

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12 posted 2006-04-06 09:05 AM


Lady, Dixie, Martyjo, thank you.
Ford, me too, for we lose more than we save daily. It is beyond sad.
I no longer have faith that Gaia has the ability to recover from our stupidity. But thousands of years down the road, if this planet still exists, it surely will not have the same face it has today. And it will rotate on a different axis,perhaps, without any human faces.
Sorry for the doom and gloom reply, folks. But it doesn't mean I shall give up while I am still breathing.

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13 posted 2006-04-06 09:38 AM


Yes, we were few and miniscule
according to anyone's measure.
But we still won that battle,
hands and weapons down.

By boot and backpack
we made our attack.




Your a winner...!!!!
Very much enjoyed this and you!

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14 posted 2006-04-06 09:54 AM


I love how you always walk your talk! You do make a difference, my friend!

"the way his nasty teeth
had chewed the earth apart."

~ Yes! I have often perceived bulldozers that way myself as they go about their dirty business at the hands of reckless, thoughtless Man!

Good poem! Good you!


Linda
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15 posted 2006-04-06 10:29 AM


Great write!
Remember the backpacks!!

Enjoyed!

JL

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