waiting for the bombs to fall
people pursued chewed up spat out
hunger in their bellies
moved to underground railway stations
the taste of blood and rust morphed into fear
a child crying over his dead mother
hugs a tree in the dappling sunlight
we call it modern day warfare-
EARTHWEAL OLW # 112
a struggling little community
spend their pennies to save
their 800 year old trees
on the west coast of Canada
the home of poets artists and musicians
the last remaining tree as old as the magna carter
a spiritual stalwart on this earth a witness
and keeper of secrets of the natural world
the trees...our breathing earth angels
a testament to the Lord our God
what kind of rubbish leaders do not think
an 800 year old tree is a very very big deal?
ones who would feel more at home somewhere else
in hellfire
Brendan's Wild Prayer for Earthweal
If ye love me
Keep my commandments
And I will pray the father
a peace emblem
growing out of a crack in the wall
must be a sign
i'm getting one
to put on my balcony
hope the russians downstairs
don't mind
the language of the wild
not always spoken
but understood nevertheless
these beauties
would like a drink
dropping hints
guess who copied my outfit
i was here centuries before
the crusaders
check out my magnificent profile
and then tell me i am just
a random result of the big bang
oh the smell of cooked chicken
just put it beside the plant
if you don't mind
you can't be serious
don't even think about
letting a dog into this house
washing up- a task
never completed in this household
the war of the dishes
the best ones
are always out of reach
yet she finds a way
okay gels
off with the shoes and stockings
let's be devils and wet our feet
playing cards in top hats
with a few nips of sherry under the belt
beats choir practice with the vicar
playing with fire
is for sissies
playing with knives
is what we are really good at
Earthweal....OLW # 109
For this challenge, write an animal poem, ensouled with the animal body in your animal mind. You can embrace the extra-human wherever it is found, in beast, fish, tree, land- or seascape or star canopy.
hard to choose
between the raucous laughing kookaburra
and the larrikin potty mouth cockatoo
both wonderful aussie birds representing
the character of the nation
kookaburras laugh at everything
just like me - irreverent and rebellious
the larrikin potty mouth cockatoo
is just like me too
except
if I were a cockatoo using foul language
everyone would think I was very cute
subpar common grumble grip backwards shadows woody mobile cry execute sharp speed
get a grip woody
don't cry
stop grumbling
your mobile is subpar
not up to speed
quite common
when you buy online
you get ripped off
you've got to be alert and sharp
when dealing with the shadow shysters
nasty backward types
a tattoo .' execute ' scrawled across his forehead
should have rung alarm bells
poor people
cannot afford to buy cheap shoes
it took a while before her granddaughter
understood what she meant
and did not stop
and hit queensland and nsw
and caused devastation
and still more rain
and still not stopping
and the mozzies carrying
dengue fever and encephalits
are having a field day
and covid is still with us
and russian psycho boy
dreaming of restoring
the holy russian empire
is still with us too
and why does that
neon sign
keep flickering all the time
outside my window
