Cutting Down Trees With Machines

Pyramid
Pyramid Posts: 61
edited February 2006 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Once lived a field of trees
So tightly knit they protected eachother
By arranging their branches to form a shield.

The land provided them with nutrients
The trees were pleased to give oxygen
All was at ease.

And then came the machines.

Roaring like lions
Sawing like fidlers.

The clouds rained on these beasts
The sun soaked their steel
And a mighty wind blew
In hope of helping the trees.

The trees formed a branch shield
Their leaves shaking like a crack fiend
Their roots clawing the earth.

But the machines were too sharp
Too efficient
Too mean.

With man on the earth
What hope for the trees?


thanks for reading!
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  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    i love trees and the woods and the forests and the green of summer..

    yet the wars of men take hold and there is no news of paradise.

    i know what i like and it is the cool breeze amidst the trees..

    we need to check it out before it's gone..

    i'm gonna talk to the ents. they will know what to do.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I wish both of you lived here! :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • Pyramid
    Pyramid Posts: 61
    I like that a lot...we are on the same wavelength here!
    "...follow the strangest tribe..." - pj

    www.flickr.com/photos/vainch

    http://loveanddestruction.blogspot.com/

    http://www.davidveentjer.com
  • Pyramid
    Pyramid Posts: 61
    wolfbear wrote:
    I wish both of you lived here! :)

    i might be making a trip to seattle next year!
    "...follow the strangest tribe..." - pj

    www.flickr.com/photos/vainch

    http://loveanddestruction.blogspot.com/

    http://www.davidveentjer.com
  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    wolfbear wrote:
    I wish both of you lived here! :)

    my dad grew up in the nw. he and i talked about his days there. i know that the rain and the green are mine to feel. dad, i miss you already :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    I love the Lorax who spoke for the trees. This poem reminds me of the Lorax.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    wow, thats cool

    never really was the poetry type, but this one i like :P

    good work
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    This poem is awesome, Pyramid! :)

    "With man on the earth
    What hope for the trees?"

    Makes ya wanna cry, don't it? There are many days when I wish I lived among the trees and not among men and their death machines.
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • Pyramid
    Pyramid Posts: 61
    Thank you! :)
    "...follow the strangest tribe..." - pj

    www.flickr.com/photos/vainch

    http://loveanddestruction.blogspot.com/

    http://www.davidveentjer.com
  • twin1
    twin1 Posts: 902
    This is a great poem...it is sad about the trees. The forest is one of my favorite places and I love trees...good read. :)
    Our love must not be just words, but True Love, which shows itself in action,
    No one needs a smile more than someone who fails to give one,
    After you die...you know how to LIVE!

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