#npmearthday
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Light sparkles in the clover,
Yellow and blurr of bees
Are honeyed in the sun
And robins have come,
Yanking in the grasses,
So green is the moisten
Of the painting of the dew
And all is lolling in petrichor,
The soils running with slow
Time so shortly experienced,
Oils of wood permeate the air,
Lapping brooks bream into light,
The loft kestrel swirls in meadow
And chipmunks scuttle at base of tree,
Even the wind does freshly quiet, crisply,
There as a hug waiting for body and spirit,
Patches of white are disappearing, they know—
That one day we must all return, after winter snows.
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Apr 19, 2019
Apr 19, 2019 at 6:46 PM UTC
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Light sparkles in the clover,
Yellow and blurr of bees
Are honeyed in the sun
And robins have come,
Yanking in the gasses,
So green is the moisten
Of the painting of the dew
And all is lolling in petrichor,
The soils running with slow
Time so shortly experienced,
Oils of wood permeate the air,
Lapping brooks bream into light,
The loft kestrel swirls in meadow
And chipmunks scuttle at base of tree,
Even the wind does freshly quiet, crisply,
There as a hug waiting for body and spirit,
Patches of white are disappearing, they know—
That one day we must all return, after winter snows.
Apr 25, 2017
Apr 25, 2017 at 2:40 PM UTC
I've heard Gaia
terra firma too
clay, dust, and loam
dirt, ground, and zoo
Names don't really matter
she'll be here, when we're gone
maybe, a little flatter
features now, redrawn
The world, as realty
was never really owned
holding deeds and properties
and places, some call home
When Gods and demons blink
they don't wonder why, or when
no reason to ponder, or even think
mankind, could ever win
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017 at 1:33 PM UTC
Furious sun kept on showering it's heat,
Barren land has to take it indeed.
Rivers and oceans kept on drying,
Animals and birds kept on dying.
Forest keep on turning into palaces,
Leaving the environment with lots of damages.
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017 at 3:56 AM UTC
Earth day? Lame attempt
To thank the thing that
Makes time possible
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 4:01 PM UTC
The Exponential Exercise
We do to reproduce,
Expires Earth Extremely nice
And we have no excuse.
Our children’s children’s children’s child
Will look back onto you,
With blacking slacking lacking wilds—
It’s all because of you.
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 11:37 AM UTC
Mother Earth quakes
Absorbing heavens' tears
Like crystals on her greening robes
Her heart aches
She knows our fears
Within her are endless globes
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 9:02 PM UTC
forget all your selfish rights its about our world’s birthday
an organized campaign to remind you of public consciousness
lets think about our annual environmental concerns event, but just for one day
from grassroots to ancestral roots for our future youth
who needs clean air, water, energy anyway
Remember what you learned, now practice it in the next days
Earth is the real house, the greatest phenomena, in life’s miracle play
My birthright is give her my respects and repay
Not to turn it into mother nature’s biggest grave
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 1:05 AM UTC
Environmental advice
from a re-purposed hag:
Stop driving cars.
Use a re-useable bag.
Cook dinner at home.
Adopt children, not pets.
Don't use plastic cups.
Don't eat tuna caught with nets.
Don't toss out food--
it becomes methane gas.
Stop shopping for clothes;
give consumerism a pass.
Wear natural fabrics.
Turn off extra lights.
Use solar cells.
Live the days and sleep the nights.
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017 at 12:39 AM UTC
Matchless beauty
O-shaped, our home
Traversing an endless “sea”
Holding us tight yet leaving us free
Ever forgiving though we don’t deserve
Rotating gently, never a swerve
Ethereal blue when seen from afar
Arched splendor in space
Regaled by the stars
Taciturn, yet giving so much
How can we repay her sweet, loving touch?
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 9:51 PM UTC
**Earth Day, April 22, 2017 "give back to Earth",
as an "offering" for all the planet gives us.**
For Global Earth Day information visit: http://www.earthday.org/
Her ominous shadow
shown a path
far beyond the miles high
a majestic mountain stood
Silently climbing down
million year old
steep canyon walls
at dawn,
each step chosen carefully
coursing with purpose
Finding a way forward
was the only way
to look back up
river carved ravines
where higher ground
once stood
Instincts drawn downward
gravity feed towards
the faint murmurs
deep echoes tracery
down sheer basalt cliffs
Artesian waters'
resounding gurgles ―
bubble up to quench
a lost soul’s incurably
intrinsic parching thirst;
to find an unfolding
metamorphic peace
in the trove of igneous
fountain veins of earth
There’s not need to wait
on sunrise pathways lit ―
there is no fear of gravity’s
downward silent weight
nor burden to be borne
Listening beyond dark silence .
igneous bedrock roots
beckon deeper expanse ;
spirit realms of ancient souls
whisperer like thunder
to the soul of man ―
Awakening ruptured lifelines
deep below earthen crust ,
creations hidden essence
eternally remembered
by the light above ...
April 2017 © harlon rivers ... all rights reserved
Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017 at 10:02 AM UTC
I am so sorry, my dear
I really, truely love you
I just don't show it
I cannot, not always
Sometimes I do little things
For you
Sometimes, I stop
I wonder if my efforts help
Do they matter?
Do they fix anything at all?
I wonder, and so I hesitate
And as you twirl in your own trance
From dusk to dawn
My hopes follow the rising sun,
And I try
Again
To do something
However little
Even if it makes
A speckle bloom
I'll be glad
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 4:55 PM UTC
We're all ants in our little farm
Rotated by the axis of the galaxy;
Our grip is impeccable no matter the angle
Hoping to hold on infinitely
To the small part of existence we are
So maybe the toddler holding us
Can remember how big he is
Watching his ant farm of humans.
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 4:49 PM UTC
You are huge
Yet thin altogether
I take up your space
And you never complain
You spin me around
Until we're both dizzy
You remind me
That after I leave
You'll still be here
And I must work
To keep it that way
this is earth, brothers and sisters
you place your footprint here
and you are responsible
for the time it has left
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 4:07 PM UTC
mσσnlíght ín thє mєαdσw
cαѕtѕ thє ѕhαdσw σf thє trєєѕ
í cαtch α glimpse of ѕílvєr
αѕ thє вrαnchєѕ cαtch thє вrєєzє
thєrє'ѕ juѕt α ѕσund σf ruѕtlíng lєαvєѕ
ín ѕσlítudє í ѕtrσll
thє wσσdѕ αrє mínє thíѕ єvєníng
αѕ í plαч thє wσmαn'ѕ rσlє
pαuѕíng вч thє rívєrвαnk
thє ѕчmphσnч вєgínѕ
thє ruѕhíng wαtєr'ѕ cσuntєrpσínt
tσ lívє σαk'ѕ crєαkíng límвѕ
thє gєntlє wínd, thє tєmpσ mαkєѕ
αnd í вєgín tσ hєαr
thє rhчthm σf thє pulѕє σf lífє
αn єαrth ѕσng ín mч єαr
hσw ѕwєєt thє єvєníng ѕєєm tσ mє
αríαѕ fíll thє níght
αnd thєn thєч mαkє α chσruѕ
αѕ thє mσσn *** hєr flíght
hσmєwαrd вσund, í pαuѕє αnd líѕtєn
α mєlσdч ѕσ ѕwєєt
rєgrєtfullч, thє ѕpєll íѕ gσnє
nσw, juѕt thє trαffíc'ѕ вєαt
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 1:47 PM UTC
lonely moments send
me to your side prepared for
light you always glow
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 3:14 PM UTC
Grass beneath my feet
and soil in my hands,
tipping.
Your lips on mine,
wrapping me around your fingers
and splitting the silence
with anticipation,
falling.
I keep waiting for the world
to one day become still
but you dizzy and confuse me
as if you are a planet
and I am the asteroid
caught in your orbit.
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 3:01 PM UTC
the moon admires you as you admired the sun
even the stars are shining for you in your dark times
you're the home that we lived in.
you gave us time as you rotated
the time that we've wasted with selfishness
our greed has made your heart burned
and it also takes time to clean the mess
will you still forgive us?
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 2:34 PM UTC
Yes we need reminders for special days to be celebrated .
Birthday
For Life .
Mother's Day
To celebrate
Who has given us birth and our very own
Life.
Earth Day
So as to not forget
That we have
To Live
And to remember our existence
Is was and will depend on
Our Mother Earth.
How we use our resources and restore and respect what nature has offered
and
Will
continue to do so .
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 1:44 PM UTC
She is a mother
she has more children than any other
her care she gives
but for what we do i wonder how she forgives
we take her for granted
but continues to give us chances
Mother Earth
gives birth to our life
she continues to fight
even when everyday she loses yet another light
its time we give what we took
just like our ancestors so long ago in those books
right now humans are nothing but crooks
that includes me
all i want is for the world and its people to be free
and not destroy this world
because she is a big beautiful wonder girl
she is Mother Earth
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 1:16 PM UTC
The earth is so generous ,
it has given us all
so many things , each so precious
without charging us any toll
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 12:47 PM UTC
Earth's natural beauty
faded away somewhere
Manmade creativity
took houses on great heights
but took away the charm of green
Apr 22, 2017
Apr 22, 2017 at 12:05 PM UTC