I never would refuse a blade of grass
or any gum that came from a spruce tree.
In fact, I would prefer it if you asked
my hand in marriage green and naturally.
I am a country girl, what's more - aware
that things material are little worth
what nature offers us; what can compare
to water clean and air of Spaceship Earth?
What monstrous plastic product can outshine
a maple tree in bud or turning gold?
It's true I do enjoy my time online
but not at the expense of having sold
our landscape, climate, future, way of life
or sacrificed my role as real wife.
Author notes
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/998.html
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Comments
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Outstanding Talent, Poet!!!
And quite a beautifully Earth-conscious and romantic sonnet you've written!!! Thank you for entering my contest, and good luck!!! Peace, Cyn 
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