Civilization steadily stealing the rural landscape:
as paint dries the edge of the picture hides as the canvas curls.
Power lines and pavement—
chartered veins of a new and improved technological world.
As time passes, man is losing touch
with the higher presence of the pastoral guide;
romanticism drowned out
with so many spray paint scrawlings—
a language less than divine.
Silos of factories and metal cylinder structures quickly glanced at
create nostalgia for the columns of ancient structures and pantheons.
The early civilizations that hath founded architecture and law—
yet still more closely bonded to the land—
are long gone.
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Excellent piece expressing humankinds urban sprawl and his kinds mistake of losing sight of the life and landscape around them that is balance. Creation is a total living breathing thing. Humankind would benefit in remembering this.I've always felt we as beings turn inward as our kind increases. And this leaves us lonely,confused and creates illneses on many levels. Besides,there is such raw beauty in nature as a whole to be respected and embibed in.
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you know this poem about this is probably what the mayan predicted and they said "screw that future"
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"As time passes, man is losing touch
with the higher presence of the pastoral guide"
- some good lines here
The opening line is good too.
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