Earth, my mother Earth
Why do they wound you so?
Peaceful habitats
Within the land
Scarred by greed,
Trees felled, wildlife runs
Food chains disrupted
Frost covers the land
Not even angels can leash
The avaricious grasp of man
Author notes
Inspired by the novel: "The Loop", by Nicholas Evans
A Dell Book, copyright by Nicholas Evans
ISBN 0-440-22462-4
Also inspired by writings of Kahlil Gibran
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oh how true your words are, how sad and greedy we mankind are..
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Aye, I quite agree with you. Thanks for your comment and applause. I do appreciate them.
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I really liked this one....... fave part was the 3rd couplet thingy......... oh, and the "avaricious grasp of man" that is really good vocabulary! loved it! nice job!
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Thank you for your compliments; comments and applause. I do appreciate them.
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bravo
a very stark and largely truthful piece of poetry...what to do, what to do? nicely and deftly done.. bravo... bravo...
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Thank you for your compliment and comment; I do appreciate both.
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Not even angels can leash
The avaricious grasp of man
bravo! Kahlil is very inspiring isn"t he? in his light i applaud this outcry a deep truth it represents, as the great spirit of our mother is crying the sorrow of what could be, we should listen until the power of her love is opened within us, the passion of natural ways, speeds of living life that would grow like the plants and animals that are closest to her, and as the powerful moon eclipse passes by my way your write inspires a wonder in my meditation upon the peace our perception could bring... anyways and love thanks for sharing this, with golden apples -jas
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Thank you for your most gracious comments. I do appreciate them.
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a very interesting write
you are into khalil gibrans writing alot huh..
hopefully once i start reading alot ill pick some of his books up.
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much love,
hassan
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Thanks for the comment and compliment. Aye, Kahlil Gibran, is my all time favorite poet/philosopher. "The Prophet is his most famous book, however he wrote quite a few others as well. Here's a link for Kahlil Gibran:
http://leb.net/gibran/
You can actually read some of his works on line, click on the above link.
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