City
Clatter-clank-honk din!
City shreds my screaming mind.
Patient, nature waits.
Both haiku are excerpts from Our Beautiful Earth 2nd Edition.
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The Trees Weep
The willow weeps,
the pine trees moan,
all Nature’s feeling it,
deep to the bone.
Humans out of sync,
not hearing their hearts,
the soul of the Earth’s
being torn apart.
“Technology’s call
mesmerized them all,
and why can’t they see,
their hate is a wall?”
The mountains watch,
their strength eons old,
the oceans too have
seen centuries unfold.
They will endure, but
will humans be here?
“It seems they don’t care,
they don’t hold us dear.”
The eleventh hour
draws swiftly nigh,
trees watch us, crying,
will this be goodbye?
The Trees Weep is from Humanity’s Lament: Poetry for Our Times.
What if we grew into life with the knowledge that this is an Earth school, and our souls came here to learn and expand in our knowledge? Think of how this would change the society we are part of. I think it would create something quite magnificent. The beauty of the human soul is by and large not nurtured in the societal systems we inhabit at the present time.
Ripen © Susan L Hart / From Soul Journey: The Poetry of Life
Right, wrong,
north, south,
black, white,
which way do I go?
I have walked the flat
gray plane of existence
that this 3rd dimension
too often can be,
futilely exploring
the monotones of
an oft desolate place,
where each small
blade of grass shivers
sadly in the landscape,
calling out to the sky.
And I’ve wondered –
If white is all color,
and black its absence,
where are the colors between?
So I left that plane
and I’m climbing
a shining mountain;
I will not rest ’til
I find all my colors,
that grand view above
a too narrow horizon.
The trek is exhilarating,
the views are breathtaking,
and I’m heading for that
brilliant peak yonder.
It’s the place of my dreams,
where rainbows gleam
and eagles soar,
and my soul can live free.
Black & White & Rainbows is from Soul Journey: The Poetry of Life
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Three writings today to demonstrate the fleeting nature of life, and how it is oh-so important to embrace this moment. First, a message from Mother Nature:
Then some words from the inestimable William Wordsworth. He would surely also tell you, delight in the day, live fully today:
“What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass, or glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind."
~ William Wordsworth
Message in a Bottle (Susan L Hart)
Chisel not my name
onto elegant stone,
so you that I love
might become slave
to a time and place
that no longer holds
my soul, to which you
could become tied,
lost in sorrow and
life’s limitations.
Rather, joyfully cast
my dust to the wind, so
I may dance on the breeze,
and one day as the leaves
rustle gently overhead,
you will feel me there,
riding a ray of sunshine
kissing your face, and
I’ll whisper in your ear,
“Remember to live free.”
Message in a Bottle is from: Soul Journey: The Poetry of Life
By Your Grace is from: Our Beautiful Earth
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