"Hi! It’s Hannah with your fourth round of ecoregion exploration and a call to stretch your poet-voices to express the point of view of wildlife that inhabits the Temperate Forest."
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| Douglas Fir Wikipedia photo |
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| Jackpine Wikipedia Photo |
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| Shore Pine Wikipedia Photo |
in the woods
and by the sea
I saw the trees
and the birds
and it was good
on my first day
I held the birds
and saw the people
with their weapons
of mass destruction
and it was bad
on my very last day
Lodgepole Pine, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Kay L. Davies, 2012
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| Bald Eagle © Christian Sasse photo, British Columbia, Canada |
11 comments:
This really hits home, Kay. Excellent!
The contrast between good and bad. So simple. So powerful.
Nice contrast of the first and last day ~ Good one Kay ~
Sherry took the words out of my mouth. It hits home alright. So sad that we have the ability to see the writing on the wall but choose to ignore it anyway.
The whole world is guilty of this! Yes, it really is simple. We must cherish what we were given, not destroy it. Lovely.
Oh, yes...the brevity and directness is so very striking...very well captured indeed.
Thank you Kay, for transforming this Friday...I enjoyed this. :)
Kay, this was a punch to the gut, in a very positive way. We are on a precipice, and humankind is on warning. If we don't stop war, if we don't embrace the natural state of peace (as shown us by all creatures and wild growth), we are... well, we're screwed! Sorry to be so blunt... Loved your wording and the honesty of the piece. Amy
http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/11/09/the-sweetest-presence/
Wow. Very moving post, Kay.
This strikes my heart. What beauty man has destroyed with his weapons.
Sums it all up, indeed. None are so blind as those who won't see, but we keep worrying about our cars and our jobs and forgetting about our planet and our future.
Pow! A direct and simply effective hit. Mass destruction as simple as an oil spill, as complex as increased need for fuel and bad air and waste, waste, waste.
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