Surrounded by glowing lioness eyes, our planet spins
An orb of soil, oceans and wild winds
We breathe, the air from her magical trees
Consume food, pollinated by her busy bees
Then the ground is watered by our sky’s spasmodic rains
Requiring the hot sun to grow our grains
However earth’s perennial droughts, advance beyond our care
Leaving trees and pastures, vulnerably dry and threadbare
Thor’s furious thunder clouds, swiftly flash and glare
Forest fires explode, abruptly becoming our worst nightmares
Fiercely eyeing, fauna and farms, not to be spared
There’s no mercy, from mother-nature’s open warfare
Ivor Steven (c) Nov 2019
A very relevant poem… the destruction is heart-wrenching…
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Thank you Mona… it’s been declared a state of emergency today, the situation is worsening …. I’m safe down here in Victoria, but our hearts go out to those in the devastated areas of New South Wales
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I hope something happens to intervene quickly… prayers for all!
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A tribute to those in the thick of it.
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Fortunately I’m a long way from the troubled area…
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I am worried for all of you and your country as well
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Thank you Beth… we are praying for rain……
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Sensitively and beautifully penned xxxx
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Thank you Fiery (Ironic..)… not here blogging much… I’m on, Go Dog Go Cafe magazine roster, for a couple of days
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So terrible! Prayers for the safety of all concerned. 🙏🏼
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Thank you Punam
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🙏🏼
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I’m so sorry this is happening! Beautiful reflection. Prayers your way.
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Thank you Donna
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Wildfires are tearing up California too. I give prayers to the men and women trying to calm down something who will not calm. Very touching poem.
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Fires are frighten events Claudia, we can pray and hope for rain 🙏🌏💙
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Fires have ravaged many parts of the world this past year or so. Frightening.
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There’s a message in the smoke of these fires,
But still, there’s no listening to her cries
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Yes. Accountability and appropriate response appear to be beyond human capacity.
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Money and greed control their stupidity
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Excellent poem! Stay safe! Sending good energy to those on the front lines!
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We used to live in an area that had fires every June, July, August. 😦 It was scary! So horrible!
Your poem is so important and bringing awareness. I hope you are safe! I’ve been praying for everyone who is dealing with the fires, in any way. And praying for rain.
(((HUGS)))
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I quite safe here in Victoria… The fires are the north region of New South Wales (you’ll have to get your maps out) Geelong is south of Melbourne in Victoria…… but they desperately need rain…. the fires seem to be too fierce at the moment…….. Ivor wrote these 2 lines yesterday….
“There’s a message in the smoke of all these fires,
But still, there’s no-one listening our mother earth’s cries”
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Often the earth tries to speak to human-beans and human-beans are too busy in life’s foolishness to listen to the messages…the oh so very important messages. 😦
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The messages are very obvious, humans are very ignorant
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Reblogged this on Fae Corps Publishing.
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These fires are so bad Ivor. The fire fighters must be exhausted.
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I’m afraid so, the winds are still strong, so it’s nearly impossible at the moment
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A wonderful poem Ivor. I feel for those in the area of the fire. Bushboy’s photos show how wide the smoke filled skies have spread.
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Yes Sue, these particular fires have been devastating….
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What’s even more devastaating, Ivor, is the news now coming out about the deliberately lit ones!!!!!!!!!! WHY? 😥😥
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