This Earth
The Earth has a memory Dawn fog lays low where rivers once flowed now forced underground by the city growing over centuries The Earth has her secrets Long-disappeared species emerge from scarred forests scarred landscapes Fernandina giant tortoise, Wallace’s giant bee, Formosa clouded leopard … This Earth lives
©2022 George Terziev
In the Sunset Sea
Bands of rose ripple
across the deep blue water
As I lift my arms above
the golden sun reflects off
the droplets
The gentle waves bathe my Spirit
soothing her
carrying away all the fatigue
all the sorrows
I sink into the sea’s warmth
floating on its salty breadth
watching the now-orange sun
sink deeper behind the hills
Its colors spread wide
across the broken clouds
like an opal
I turn over & over in this iridescent water
just to feel my muscles move
to feel their pull with each stroke
just to know that
I’m still, I am still
alive
Earthly Lamentations…& Healing
Who will… Why?!? Who will answer? WHEN?? Why? Why? Amid lies and denials the earth is dying A million deaths per minute of all our relations When will Homo sapiens species-centralism end? When will the pain end? ~ ~ ~ I hear shouts in the night echoing down deserted streets echoing through the valley, down its slopes Sirens wail and beep announcing— as if— the end of this world… the urgency Sometimes I believe (I wish) it would be best if the end just come to wipe out this human plague ~ I hear the wind ripping at tin rooves as if to lay bare the lives of humankind to lay bare their denials and deceits When will it all stop? Why can’t humans just STOP what they are mindlessly doing… become mindful of this planet… of all other being here— live and not dominate Life will go on… Perhaps not what we have known… But it shall go on… Mother shall heal— she needs to be cleansed of the human plague… ~ ~ ~ Then the long, slow, peaceful process of healing shall begin… ~ ~ ~ Then the long, slow, peaceful process of healing shall begin…
©2018 Lorraine Caputo
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Lorraine Caputo…
…is a documentary poet, translator and travel writer. Her works appear in over 300 journals on six continents; and 20 collections of poetry – including On Galápagos Shores (dancing girl press, 2019), Caribbean Interludes (Origami Poems Project, 2022) and Fire and Rain (Red Mare #18, 2019), a collection of eco-feminist poetry. She also authors travel narratives, articles and guidebooks. Her writing has been honored by the Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada (2011) and nominated for the Best of the Net. Caputo has done literary readings from Alaska to the Patagonia. She journeys through Latin America, listening to the voices of the pueblos and Earth.
Follow her travels at: Latin American Wanderer
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