Not too many tears
dear
be ever shed for Nature
that dies
Not too many tears
dear
trickle down from faces
not sky
Not too many tears
ever flood away
from smiling faces
in stores shopping
Not too many dry eyes see
there be fewer bees and
honey
in the ending of the begin
They say not enough concrete
to cover all da prairie fields
but Mr.
Progress be working on it
Prairie Trillium Wildflower, Illinois. These low-ground plants grow very slowly and they take around 10 years to mature enough to flower. Photo by Thomas Peace c. 2019
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Making great progress towards that dubious goal, Tom. Your prairie and mine.
Yes, Frank, there are fewer species to write poetry about each and every day.
We’re breaking extinction records over here, Tom . Something to be proud of.
The Trumpsters are nullifying every environmental regulation here… and are getting rid of environmental scientists like you wouldn’t believe. It’s truly insane!
Ten years to grow, ten seconds to destroy.
Exactly, C.C., exactly!
Man mow lawn what full of clover yesterday & report he not see 1 single bee. this not good report. ps. Man cut lawn high & clover not cut down.
When we were kids, Mr. Monkey, our yards were saturated with bees; they were everywhere. Take pictures of them while you can.
Often times we do not appreciate the things add to our Survival. Very inspirational, Tom.
Okay, shedding tears for trees may seem a little bit wired though..lol. Guess is a paradox then🤗😊
We need to see the deep connection with nature — that we have — that we seemed to have lost. Just today my wife Marla was telling me about how the Koch brothers want to eliminate electric cars.
Deeper connection is the keyword. It’s only when we dig deeper that we find meaning.
🙂 Yes, deeper than what we’ve been taught.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a crimson trillium. Nice.
PS. Nobody cares about what Mr. Progress does until human lives and properties are affected. Even then it’s seen as an “acceptable” cost. Tell that to the families of those who lost loved ones or were displaced due to the city councils and urban planners who approved inadequate drainage when Harvey devastated the Houston metroplex.
There are some who truly care… but there are not enough of them. Meanwhile, the amount of plastic garbage found in the stomachs of dead whales is increasing.
The Prairie Trillium actually grows in woodlands but its name fits in well with my poem.
Sadly, so very, very true
Yes, Basil, the lions, too, are dwindling.
Lovely flower! I like the poem, too. They’ll cry someday.
Those types of flowers are rarities, Eilene. 🙂
Wish i didn’t have to write poems about how people neglect nature… but that’s reality.
Trilliums – I have not seen a picture of one in decades. I am Canadian, as you may know, and yesterday it was 53 years since we moved here to the States The Trillium is the official flower and emblem of Ontario, where I lived (Oakville, Ontario which was about 25 miles from Toronto). This wildflower is very pretty Tom. Like you, I am upset about what is happening to nature and our environment. The statistics are dire about this big warm-up in Alaska. The record-setting warmth will further harm the polar bears who struggle to find food as more and more ice flows are melting or shrinking. One day they will be extinct unless they are behind bars in a zoo. The pictures of the very thin and emaciated polar bears who cannot find food hurts my heart.
I’ve never seen a trillium, but I’ve learned that they do grow in east Texas. Next spring maybe I can get a thrillium from a trillium!