Declined: An Earth Day Lament
a rhymed poem for Earth Day144 total reviews
Comment from vkmack
So timely and appropriate on this Earth Day. The rhyme scheme works very well, and your choice of words is just right. Love the second stanza where we "earthlings" are portrayed as problem children who place demands on Mother Earth. Very inventive and poetically creative.
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2013
  |
So timely and appropriate on this Earth Day. The rhyme scheme works very well, and your choice of words is just right. Love the second stanza where we "earthlings" are portrayed as problem children who place demands on Mother Earth. Very inventive and poetically creative.
Comment Written 23-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2013
-
thank you so much, vkmack :-) Brooke
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
Happy Earth Day, Brooke. I loved your little poem to pay tribute to Earth Day - I think earth will be all right because so many now are conscious of needing her resources and protecting them. Giddy
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Happy Earth Day, Brooke. I loved your little poem to pay tribute to Earth Day - I think earth will be all right because so many now are conscious of needing her resources and protecting them. Giddy
Comment Written 23-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
Giddy, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
Comment from Sanku
Already farmlands have been converted to industrial jungles;water scarcity is taking a serious turn; we ,in Chennai, are keeping our fingers crossed that this summer we our bore wells wont run dry .my only consolation is that i may not be around if and when mother earth decides to punish us for our misdeeds.lovely meaningful poem .
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Already farmlands have been converted to industrial jungles;water scarcity is taking a serious turn; we ,in Chennai, are keeping our fingers crossed that this summer we our bore wells wont run dry .my only consolation is that i may not be around if and when mother earth decides to punish us for our misdeeds.lovely meaningful poem .
Comment Written 23-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
Sanku, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
Comment from wordsareus
This is a wonderful poem about Earth day with a strong message. I love the image you chose to enhance your poem. Happy Earth Day to you too!
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
This is a wonderful poem about Earth day with a strong message. I love the image you chose to enhance your poem. Happy Earth Day to you too!
Comment Written 23-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
wordsareus, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
Comment from mikenbel
Here...here...Brooke! How long indeed will people be able to abuse their "mother" so long before she tires of our games. I look forward to your work because I know I will always see something thought out and well written.
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Here...here...Brooke! How long indeed will people be able to abuse their "mother" so long before she tires of our games. I look forward to your work because I know I will always see something thought out and well written.
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
mikenbel, thank you so very much for your thoughtful reading of this poem :-) Brooke
Comment from NightWriter
Declined: An Earth Day Lament is another beautifully written poem. The prose so perfect in stating the obvious. We need to treat our planet better. It's the only one we have.
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Declined: An Earth Day Lament is another beautifully written poem. The prose so perfect in stating the obvious. We need to treat our planet better. It's the only one we have.
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
It sure is the only one, not that the majority of people act like it... Thanks so much, Steve :-) Brooke
Comment from Opal H.
Earth's resources are indeed something that we need to preserve. Well said. I'm not sure I understand the line "as problem children find". It doesn't go with the rest.
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Earth's resources are indeed something that we need to preserve. Well said. I'm not sure I understand the line "as problem children find". It doesn't go with the rest.
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
Opal, thank you for your feedback. I am saying people of planet Earth are Mother Earth's problem children, wasting and destroying her resources. Brooke
Comment from Janet Foor
Excellent message for us all Brooke. This is a masterful way to draw
attention to a world wide problem. I hope people will make a change before its too late.
Great picture and very nice presentation.
Blessings
Janet
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
Excellent message for us all Brooke. This is a masterful way to draw
attention to a world wide problem. I hope people will make a change before its too late.
Great picture and very nice presentation.
Blessings
Janet
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
Janet, I hope so too :-) Thanks so much, Brooke
Comment from Rmocruz
You have presented a valid message in this brief rhymed verse.
Mother Earth can not tolerate her disobedient children
forever. An effectively employed analogy.
A pleasure to have read.
Rich.
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2013
|
You have presented a valid message in this brief rhymed verse.
Mother Earth can not tolerate her disobedient children
forever. An effectively employed analogy.
A pleasure to have read.
Rich.
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 29-Apr-2013
-
Rich, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
-
You're welcome Brooke.
Rich.
Comment from Donya Quijote
It is sad that for the number of Earth Days that have come and gone, so little has changed. Now, for the strange part to this review. Your lament reminded me of a late 60s hit In the year 2525 and in particular this verse: In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Your poem is beautifully presented. I like the fairies...
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
|
It is sad that for the number of Earth Days that have come and gone, so little has changed. Now, for the strange part to this review. Your lament reminded me of a late 60s hit In the year 2525 and in particular this verse: In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Your poem is beautifully presented. I like the fairies...
Comment Written 22-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 23-Apr-2013
-
Diana, thank you so very much :-) I remember that song! :-) Brooke