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"pesticides" poems
A long, long time ago, I can still remember when, Junk food made me smile, And I knew if had my chance, That I could make my fatness dance, And maybe I was happy for a while. But McDonald's made me shiver, With every burger they'd deliver, Bad news on their doorstep, I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried, When  I passed size twenty-five, But something touched me deep inside, The day I knocked back obesity fries, CHORUS. So, bye, bye McDonald's French fries, Drove my  chevy away from McDonald's, didn't have a bevy, I said goodbye to whiskey and rye, Singing no more apple pies, That's the end of obesity fries..... Did you  go to McDonald's biomes? Did you know you're changing your genomes? Eating all those pesticides? Now do believe they love you, guys? Might as well eat dead flies! And can you change evolution in real time? Well, I know you're addicted to them, You'll need more than treadmills in the gym, Now can't even put on your shoes, Man, you'll dig the obesity blues, CHORUS. I was an obese teenage bronco buck. Driving to McDonald's in a pickup truck, But I knew I was out of luck, The day I ate landfill in those French fries... I started singing bye, bye obesity fries, Drove my chevy, had no bevies, And the burgers were dry, This is the day I knock back French fries. CHORUS. I met a girl who sang the blues, She'd passed turning size twenty-two, I asked her if she ate junk food too, She just smiled and drove away, I drove down to the store no more, Where I ate additives years before, But the junk food store didn't care anyway... CHORUS CHORUS....
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Nov 27, 2015
Nov 27, 2015 at 4:56 PM UTC
OBESITY ODE (Based on tune "American Pie.)
A long, long time ago, I can still remember when, Junk food made me smile, And I knew if had my chance, That I could make my fatness dance, And maybe I was happy for a while. But McDonald's made me shiver, With every burger they'd deliver, Bad news on their doorstep, I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried, When  I passed size twenty-five, But something touched me deep inside, The day I knocked back obesity fries, CHORUS. So, bye, bye McDonald's French fries, Drove my  chevy away from McDonald's, didn't have a bevy, I said goodbye to whiskey and rye, Singing no more apple pies, That's the end of obesity fries..... Did you  go to McDonald's biomes? Did you know you're changing your genomes? Eating all those pesticides? Now do believe they love you, guys? Might as well eat dead flies! And can you change evolution in real time? Well, I know you're addicted to them, You'll need more than treadmills in the gym, Now can't even put on your shoes, Man, you'll dig the obesity blues, CHORUS. I was an obese teenage bronco buck. Driving to McDonald's in a pickup truck, But I knew I was out of luck, The day I ate landfill in those French fries... I started singing bye, bye obesity fries, Drove my chevy, had no bevies, And the burgers were dry, This is the day I knock back French fries. CHORUS. I met a girl who sang the blues, She'd passed turning size twenty-two, I asked her if she ate junk food too, She just smiled and drove away, I drove down to the store no more, Where I ate additives years before, But the junk food store didn't care anyway... CHORUS CHORUS....
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There's an apocalypse coming And we get to choose which kind Just listen to the meanings and open your mind One means revealing One means demise Are we gonna keep stealing Or are we going to open our eyes We're killing the earth inside and out Instead of trusting our hearts, we are living in doubt We can love each other and change the path of the planet We need to grow our own food, raw and organic We can't just manufacture everything, process, and can it Stop the GMOs, pesticides, and factory farming What it's doing to the planet is absolutely alarming They create lakes of blood and an earth of toxins If you read the clock then You'll see that it's time to change, this isn't how it's supposed to be We should be living together in a sustainable community One that helps, nurtures, and loves One that plants trees and gardens and shrubs It's time to bring about our utopia of the future We need to get rid of the lies, the hate, and the torture Wars, jealousy, and competition have to end It's time for us to forgive, it's time to transcend To our new world, our kingdom of heaven Just read your clock its 11:11
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May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016 at 9:15 PM UTC
11:11
It’s something that try we should To provide the parrot its basic food Apple minus seeds mango banana Grape orange guava papaya As for vegetables cooked dried bean With beet broccoli its heart you can win Cucumber carrot and cauliflower They surely love like they love a shower Corn on the cob is fun for parrot They aren’t fussy as them you thought Hot peppers peapod lettuce For them delicacies you can choose Sweet and baked potato well cooked yam They devour in delight add to their glam Parrots are cute friendly and nice Give them oatmeal millet brown rice They’re not greedy from you they won’t beg Though these birds love scrambled boiled egg The parrot is innocent gorgeous and sweet Can’t call them carnivore yes they like meat Must talk to them and not keep your mouth shut Your loving pet the parrot loves occasional nut. Now words of caution what don’t do them good Candy and chocolate and all junk food I know you are smart and not at all mean To offer this wonder bird mushrooms caffeine Believe my words they aren’t my opinion Use them in your food don’t give them onion Dairy products for them are a big ‘no’ ‘no’ You surely want them to healthily glow Give the parrot shower keep its cage clean Give them just fresh foods no sugar no caffeine Say ‘no’ to pesticides choose only organic See in their bowel nothing goes toxic Follow what I’ve said the task is not hard Spend your time well with this beautiful bird.
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Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 at 8:18 AM UTC
Parrot Care
If it weren't for the consistent badgering of radical america your roots your nourishment would enrich the very soil our ancestors turned, but pests and pesticides alike have yet to be relinquished, "autumn" has consumed us as smiles fall-- the hazmat suits leave us bare to the weathered reality, except you, umbrellas and storm sheltered words nurture loved ones -- you are worth the wait, with conflict resolve you take off your helmet and gear we are not prepared for such violence -- shielded eyes from falsified truths you bloom and blush, you are beautiful, a perfect storm your wrath the 5th element -- uncontrollable you are free as "winter" resides on your shoulder, she is awakened and unapologetic, a God among us, frightfully we are safe we have waited for your wine to runneth and pop goes the cork, as the war begins your throne you sit with confidence.
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 12:06 PM UTC
(daughter of Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet) the un-Suppression of the Black Woman pt.2
Golden Valleys, Growing Naturally <> This is a Logo in Ireland, Dairygold™ is the company. I would safely say, that there is hardly an acre in rural Ireland devoid of some form of artificial fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. (Ireland is riddled with consumer cancer) If the Logo was written as follows, a comma between Growing & Naturally plus an exclamation mark ! which should really be a question mark ? (in the absence of the comma between Valleys & Growing) i.e. Golden Valleys, Growing, Naturally! or ? Then it might pass. Let's see if we can force them to change it and by doing so, it will highlight the fraudulent practice of duping consumers with blatant grammatical omissions and the wordplay illusion by clever marketers. (Well, perhaps not as clever as they thought) ps. I spent all morning, wondering should they be a comma in the last paragraph, in the afternoon, I removed it. Oscar Wilde.
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Jan 8, 2019
Jan 8, 2019 at 3:27 AM UTC
Consumer Cancer
In the burning right hand of the bald city, denizens frame calories and count instagram blessings while beacons of hope refund inspiration in USADA *** cups. Abyssinian maids wail over yesterday lovers who wore Ginsberg’s skirt with less  pizzazz and watched bedbugs **** blood off knee caps wondering, what if Jesus Christ drove a Nissan? As bullets of paragraphs fall Vietnamese pesticides on my head, The dusts off my breath sing homilies With letters of broken leather whiskey, For even in the most dishonest jest, clandestine toothbrushes are overrated and every first false lie is the only truth.
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Jun 27, 2013
Jun 27, 2013 at 8:02 PM UTC
Who yawned the most head
Leave me to be young, to shrivel. A white gardenia always must wither, and shrivel; Die. Leave me to marry, to love. A heart can pump alone I assure you, leave me to revoke my own sins. A lost cause you take me, and your silence will break me. Your pesticides will **** off anything natural I possess! A White Gardenia must shrivel and, die. Success is what disillusions me, in pretense I fight. A war on egos, envy and such! It is all I know in my mechanical set-up, is to follow the world in it's redundant tide. A White Gardenia can bloom, it can shrivel, wither. A White Gardenia always must die.
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Feb 9, 2013
Feb 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM UTC
The White Gardenia
I'm giving up the rat race gonna quit my job Gonna go live off the land an organic enviro-snob Gonna grow my own potatoes carrots, peas and beans Live off fruits and vegetable eat lots of salad greens My food will taste like proper food not of wax or pesticides And every day I will receive a big thanks from my insides I'll generate my power form a windmill or two then hydro bill and services I'll say good bye to you For work I'll tend my garden, chop down trees for fire-wood I'll be getting so much exercise I'll never have felt so good To relax I'll keep on writing poems such as this telling of the good life sharing all my bliss
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Jul 16, 2010
Jul 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM UTC
Quitting
Purple velvet curtains mimicked purple proses of long dead authors Auteurs and Anglophiles expressing desire, the desire for Desiree and she danced, she danced. Christie too, she danced, she danced Kick, snare, kick kick, snare, she danced rhythmic hypnosis Daddy watched from the bar, banal dance of the bandits And Katzarina, baby in the back, dances for love Fatherless child begging attention Dance no more my dear soul, for you deserve more Lecherous lounge acts, the men in ties Order another round, girls gather around Please me, dance for me, ****** and bashful The purple velvet reminds them of mother Cruel institutions that decay our psyche Patriarchal pesticides in pasta and porridge On the side of the mango, matriarchal monotony Oh stop this pretentious pillaging of poor prostitutes You are but a boy at the gates of existence, fear not, for the father and the mother shall hold your hand in the heavenly harem.
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Feb 14, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 at 5:53 PM UTC
Disregard My Hypochrisy For a Moment
Aye,..Uhh where the weed...Where..(Where the2)..drinks..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..(Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane2)..(Yeah..let's have some fun*2)..Aye.. Burn up, Blaze up..Yeah burn up, Yeah Blaze up, Yeah po up, Yeah drink up, Yeah burn up..Yeah po up..Yeah..Blaze up, Yeah drink up.. let's (turn up2)..Yeah..let's..have (some fun2)..Yeah have fun mane..Aye..(Where the3)..weed..Yeah..where..(where the2)..drinks..(Yeah let's have some fun2)..tonight mane,aye..(Where the2)..weed..Yeah..(Where the2)..drinks..(Aye let's have some fun3)..Tonight mane..Aye..Po up Yeah, Blaze up Yeah...drink up ***** & burn up man..(let's have some fun..Yeah*3) man..Aye OFTR, we throwing a house party like we in the 70s era dawg, yeah we gonna have this **** jumping like Kid n Play dude.., mane The whole crib gonna foggy filled up wit hella smoke, aye..Yeah ***** that dope..Yeah that good kush aroma dawg..The only thing you can really see is the fire at the end of the roll up..Everybody drinking yeah Everybody rolling up, Yeah everybody coughing & choking & (having fun*3).. Yeah..my nigaa..Yeah we puffing on funky, Uhh.. Homie leave all the stress at the front door man..so Don't bring no drama, don't bring no problems, don't bring no ******* don't bring no false ones, & don't bring no stank ho's please dawg..forget blowing ****** we got sticky icky grown organically, no pesticides Yeah mane..just straight THC Thats it..home grown , Yeah we..(having fun*3)..relaxing kicking back Yeah kicking back a young ***** had a long *** tiresome day, now its time to unwind get high & have some fun..Yeah..man..Uhh.. Yeah, its time to roll up,Yeah, its time burn up, Yeah its time to po up..Yeah, its time get super drunk.. (Yeah just having fun*2) (Have fun*3)...man.. Yeah, we gone turn up tonight dawg, Aye we got 40s OEs, Aye we got champagne, clicquot mane,Aye..we got Budweiser, bud lights,coronas & 2,11s by the case load,..also ***** gin, & vsop..Yeah we getting ****** up like a white fraternity, please don't throw up mane,..make sure you eat..Aye mane, **** what people think about me I just live my life, who's the **** to tell me I ain't living right..nobody **** right.. (We having so much fun yeah*3)..tonight should be here dawg , come now, Noo we ain't stopping till the morning.. That's how OFTR party dawg..Uhh Yeah we party hard Aye.. (Where the **** at mane,Yeah where the drinks at,Aye4)...(burn up, po up, twist Yeah, don't stop..Uhh,Yeah3).. /Don't stop,3../3... ever nigga..let's go.. Noo I ain't done wit this song no not at all ...Ohh, that's what you thought dawg, **** I still got some more turning up to do.. Man I still got kegs & bags of marijuana that ain't even half way through we getting throwed ,like a football, Yeah we so gone mane..(Ohh*3)..Yeah dawg, Let's go.. (burn up, po up, twist Yeah, don't stop..Uhh,Yeah*3) /(Have fun3)..Yeah mane/2 (Have fun*3) Yeah..Uhh where the weed...Where..(Where the2)..drinks..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..(Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane2)..(Yeah..let's have some fun*2)..Aye.. Burn up, Blaze up..Yeah burn up, Yeah Blaze up, Yeah po up, Yeah drink up, Yeah burn up..Yeah po up..Yeah..Blaze up, Yeah drink up.. let's (turn up2)..Yeah..let's..have (some fun2)..Yeah have fun mane..Aye..(Where the3)..weed..Yeah..where..(where the2)..drinks..(Yeah let's have some fun2)..tonight mane,aye..(Where the2)..weed..Yeah..(Where the2)..drinks..(Aye let's have some fun3)..Tonight mane..Aye..Po up Yeah, Blaze up Yeah...drink up ***** & burn up man..(let's have some fun..Yeah*3) man..Aye We doing what we want Yeah..we having so much fun man, we twisting & drinking we living free Yeah..we living freer..than they want us to be , Yeah..we breaking all the rules like **** Dat **** Noo, we don't care about polices, noo, we don't give a **** about nothing, like **** all the laws homie, Naw mane, /we just do what we want..(Yeah2..)/2 we gone kick back & roll up the whole pacc, Yeah man,we gone wake up tomorrow & do the same **** again..Yeah man, we gone live it up..(Yeah, we gone have some fun3)..tonight.. (Yeah2)..Aye..Uhh Where..(where the3)..weed at...Where..(Where the3)..drinks at..Uhh..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Yeah Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane.. (Yeah..let's have some fun*3)..Aye.. (Uhh..Yeah, Blaze up, burn up, drink up , po up, Yeah Blaze up, burn up, turn up, drink mo*3) (Have fun6)..(Yeah have fun4).. Man.. Let's have some fun..Aye
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM UTC
Ston Poet - **** & Drinks
Aye,..Uhh where the weed...Where..(Where the2)..drinks..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..(Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane2)..(Yeah..let's have some fun*2)..Aye.. Burn up, Blaze up..Yeah burn up, Yeah Blaze up, Yeah po up, Yeah drink up, Yeah burn up..Yeah po up..Yeah..Blaze up, Yeah drink up.. let's (turn up2)..Yeah..let's..have (some fun2)..Yeah have fun mane..Aye..(Where the3)..weed..Yeah..where..(where the2)..drinks..(Yeah let's have some fun2)..tonight mane,aye..(Where the2)..weed..Yeah..(Where the2)..drinks..(Aye let's have some fun3)..Tonight mane..Aye..Po up Yeah, Blaze up Yeah...drink up ***** & burn up man..(let's have some fun..Yeah*3) man..Aye OFTR, we throwing a house party like we in the 70s era dawg, yeah we gonna have this **** jumping like Kid n Play dude.., mane The whole crib gonna foggy filled up wit hella smoke, aye..Yeah ***** that dope..Yeah that good kush aroma dawg..The only thing you can really see is the fire at the end of the roll up..Everybody drinking yeah Everybody rolling up, Yeah everybody coughing & choking & (having fun*3).. Yeah..my nigaa..Yeah we puffing on funky, Uhh.. Homie leave all the stress at the front door man..so Don't bring no drama, don't bring no problems, don't bring no ******* don't bring no false ones, & don't bring no stank ho's please dawg..forget blowing ****** we got sticky icky grown organically, no pesticides Yeah mane..just straight THC Thats it..home grown , Yeah we..(having fun*3)..relaxing kicking back Yeah kicking back a young ***** had a long *** tiresome day, now its time to unwind get high & have some fun..Yeah..man..Uhh.. Yeah, its time to roll up,Yeah, its time burn up, Yeah its time to po up..Yeah, its time get super drunk.. (Yeah just having fun*2) (Have fun*3)...man.. Yeah, we gone turn up tonight dawg, Aye we got 40s OEs, Aye we got champagne, clicquot mane,Aye..we got Budweiser, bud lights,coronas & 2,11s by the case load,..also ***** gin, & vsop..Yeah we getting ****** up like a white fraternity, please don't throw up mane,..make sure you eat..Aye mane, **** what people think about me I just live my life, who's the **** to tell me I ain't living right..nobody **** right.. (We having so much fun yeah*3)..tonight should be here dawg , come now, Noo we ain't stopping till the morning.. That's how OFTR party dawg..Uhh Yeah we party hard Aye.. (Where the **** at mane,Yeah where the drinks at,Aye4)...(burn up, po up, twist Yeah, don't stop..Uhh,Yeah3).. /Don't stop,3../3... ever nigga..let's go.. Noo I ain't done wit this song no not at all ...Ohh, that's what you thought dawg, **** I still got some more turning up to do.. Man I still got kegs & bags of marijuana that ain't even half way through we getting throwed ,like a football, Yeah we so gone mane..(Ohh*3)..Yeah dawg, Let's go.. (burn up, po up, twist Yeah, don't stop..Uhh,Yeah*3) /(Have fun3)..Yeah mane/2 (Have fun*3) Yeah..Uhh where the weed...Where..(Where the2)..drinks..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..(Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane2)..(Yeah..let's have some fun*2)..Aye.. Burn up, Blaze up..Yeah burn up, Yeah Blaze up, Yeah po up, Yeah drink up, Yeah burn up..Yeah po up..Yeah..Blaze up, Yeah drink up.. let's (turn up2)..Yeah..let's..have (some fun2)..Yeah have fun mane..Aye..(Where the3)..weed..Yeah..where..(where the2)..drinks..(Yeah let's have some fun2)..tonight mane,aye..(Where the2)..weed..Yeah..(Where the2)..drinks..(Aye let's have some fun3)..Tonight mane..Aye..Po up Yeah, Blaze up Yeah...drink up ***** & burn up man..(let's have some fun..Yeah*3) man..Aye We doing what we want Yeah..we having so much fun man, we twisting & drinking we living free Yeah..we living freer..than they want us to be , Yeah..we breaking all the rules like **** Dat **** Noo, we don't care about polices, noo, we don't give a **** about nothing, like **** all the laws homie, Naw mane, /we just do what we want..(Yeah2..)/2 we gone kick back & roll up the whole pacc, Yeah man,we gone wake up tomorrow & do the same **** again..Yeah man, we gone live it up..(Yeah, we gone have some fun3)..tonight.. (Yeah2)..Aye..Uhh Where..(where the3)..weed at...Where..(Where the3)..drinks at..Uhh..(Where the2)..weed..(where the2)..drinks..Uhh..Yeah Let's have some fun tonight mane, Yeah let's have some fun Aye..(Where the3)..weed, where..(where the2)..drinks,..Where..(Where the2)..weed..(Where the3).. Drinks..Aye, let's have some fun tonight mane.. (Yeah..let's have some fun*3)..Aye.. (Uhh..Yeah, Blaze up, burn up, drink up , po up, Yeah Blaze up, burn up, turn up, drink mo*3) (Have fun6)..(Yeah have fun4).. Man.. Let's have some fun..Aye
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perfunctory actions zombie habits sheep normalcy blindly following the cud chewers lemmings fall to their deaths slowly genetically engineered crops dusted with pharmaceutical poison laced with irradiated petroleum pesticides fed to the babies of the poor – wealthy voyeurs eagerly tune-in as the impoverished masses rot for viewing pleasure leisurely strolling across manicured lawns those in power scoff at the growing spectacle unaware that the cake is stale and the masses smell blood – hurriedly, accountants shuffle tax rates mix those with interest credit season it with mortgage fees and serve it on wall street place mats taking stock of stock market gains gamblers do double gainers off high rises adding to the flesh being consumed by the under class under classed – underclassmen, underpaid, stretch under ware elastic as waistlines expand with the debt ceiling both symbolizing the slow decline of the American dream screaming into the sewer fewer eyes look back as disease dulls the iris loss of the inner shine glowing reflection of living organisms fading as the day slips into the blue-black – night falls on a nation of imbeciles brain dead patients broken by depression and weight-loss scams hearts crying out for care personal and compassionate instead are met with sterile robotics and sanitary “C” students dressed in white fearful of lawsuits and spiders they prescribe to symptoms without knowing insurance number 87319A23-S1 is a human being, just like them also living in fear of the same establishment –
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Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014 at 1:33 PM UTC
trip to the Dr.
perfunctory actions zombie habits sheep normalcy blindly following the cud chewers lemmings fall to their deaths slowly genetically engineered crops dusted with pharmaceutical poison laced with irradiated petroleum pesticides fed to the babies of the poor – wealthy voyeurs eagerly tune-in as the impoverished masses rot for viewing pleasure leisurely strolling across manicured lawns those in power scoff at the growing spectacle unaware that the cake is stale and the masses smell blood – hurriedly, accountants shuffle tax rates mix those with interest credit season it with mortgage fees and serve it on wall street place mats taking stock of stock market gains gamblers do double gainers off high rises adding to the flesh being consumed by the under class under classed – underclassmen, underpaid, stretch under ware elastic as waistlines expand with the debt ceiling both symbolizing the slow decline of the American dream screaming into the sewer fewer eyes look back as disease dulls the iris loss of the inner shine glowing reflection of living organisms fading as the day slips into the blue-black – night falls on a nation of imbeciles brain dead patients broken by depression and weight-loss scams hearts crying out for care personal and compassionate instead are met with sterile robotics and sanitary “C” students dressed in white fearful of lawsuits and spiders they prescribe to symptoms without knowing insurance number 87319A23-S1 is a human being, just like them also living in fear of the same establishment –
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*First light in the Hudson Valley Arbor Day of April, 1970.* Adrenaline coursed through our young bodies, our hearts on fire with purpose. As we rode our bikes, walked, or jogged miles to our rural high school, red-winged blackbirds called out from the misty swamps. Beautiful but invading, acres of purple loosestrife were rapidly taking over their wetland habitats. Harbingers of the forests, blue jays issued warning cries from deep in the woods, where blights were killing our trees with increasing frequency. Three of us rode together, cycling in relative silence, until we came to a meadow selected for our early breakfast picnic. We feasted on special fruits and cheeses, hungrily stuffing in rare treats. One friend began to send iridescent soap bubbles into the chilly air. Up they rose, up over the soft, puffy cloud of her reddish curls, and into the dawning sun. One bubble landed, unbroken, in the cold, dewy grass. We stared at it, somehow understanding that here was a delicate metaphor for our own fragile planet. Approaching our school now, we breathed deeply the fragrance of apple blossoms from commercial orchards all around us. The spraying of pesticides had yet to be banned. We were sleepy in our classes that morning; most of our teachers understanding that we stood now for something worthwhile, that we believed in, and they smiled with kindness, some even with approval. Our principal agreed to an awareness-raising slide show designed for our fellow students, teachers and parents. An intelligent man, he was admirably tolerant of the wave of changes that our generation brought with us. Smoke stacks, polluted water, and dying wildlife flashed onto a screen in the darkened auditorium, accompanied by the vivid symphonic power of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'- a score so revolutionary that a riot broke out at its premier, in May of 1913. We had no idea then how much worse things would become. All these years later, we each do our part, blessing the efforts of our children and their children, hoping fervently that we are not too late.
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Apr 22, 2016
Apr 22, 2016 at 2:37 PM UTC
Earth Day, 1970
*First light in the Hudson Valley Arbor Day of April, 1970.* Adrenaline coursed through our young bodies, our hearts on fire with purpose. As we rode our bikes, walked, or jogged miles to our rural high school, red-winged blackbirds called out from the misty swamps. Beautiful but invading, acres of purple loosestrife were rapidly taking over their wetland habitats. Harbingers of the forests, blue jays issued warning cries from deep in the woods, where blights were killing our trees with increasing frequency. Three of us rode together, cycling in relative silence, until we came to a meadow selected for our early breakfast picnic. We feasted on special fruits and cheeses, hungrily stuffing in rare treats. One friend began to send iridescent soap bubbles into the chilly air. Up they rose, up over the soft, puffy cloud of her reddish curls, and into the dawning sun. One bubble landed, unbroken, in the cold, dewy grass. We stared at it, somehow understanding that here was a delicate metaphor for our own fragile planet. Approaching our school now, we breathed deeply the fragrance of apple blossoms from commercial orchards all around us. The spraying of pesticides had yet to be banned. We were sleepy in our classes that morning; most of our teachers understanding that we stood now for something worthwhile, that we believed in, and they smiled with kindness, some even with approval. Our principal agreed to an awareness-raising slide show designed for our fellow students, teachers and parents. An intelligent man, he was admirably tolerant of the wave of changes that our generation brought with us. Smoke stacks, polluted water, and dying wildlife flashed onto a screen in the darkened auditorium, accompanied by the vivid symphonic power of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'- a score so revolutionary that a riot broke out at its premier, in May of 1913. We had no idea then how much worse things would become. All these years later, we each do our part, blessing the efforts of our children and their children, hoping fervently that we are not too late.
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I looked and saw frost on the pumpkin Strange because it's July I don't understand the frosted pumpkin Can someone tell me why? I've never seen it this cold in summer Our old lows are now our new high I looked and saw frost on the pumpkin I still cannot figure out why Birds flying over my back yard Drop from the sky, all stone dead There's no reason for this strange occurrence So, I blame global warming instead Crows and pigeons drop like missles Hitting ground and just missing my head What with this morning cold frost on the pumpkin and now birds are dropping stone dead You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head A spot has appeared on my rib cage Just a spot, nothing much, nothing strange but, since I saw frost on the pumpkin I keep watching the spot for a change I used to play out in the sunshine Now there is a scale, a safe range I've a spot that just seems to get bigger I think that my spot's started to change Water is bottled in plastics It's not safe to drink out of the tap the rivers and streams are all dry now And the trees hardly have any sap The fish are all farmed in a warehouse Where they don't swim upstream they swim laps You can't swim around all the beaches For the oil wells may blow a cap You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head My grass is a nice shade of brown now I used to know my grass as green But, they ban using water in May so, The weeds are the only green thing that's seen Pesticides, they are all natural The government does not say what it means You can go to the Parliament buildings Because that's the only grass that is green Dead birds and frosted up pumpkins Dry rivers and lakes and dead grass Say a prayer for them all this next Sunday and an extra one too at the mass There is no reason I know of Don't worry, it will come to pass That you will have to go to a museum To see a live bird and green grass You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head
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Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 at 11:23 PM UTC
Global Warming....don't worry
I looked and saw frost on the pumpkin Strange because it's July I don't understand the frosted pumpkin Can someone tell me why? I've never seen it this cold in summer Our old lows are now our new high I looked and saw frost on the pumpkin I still cannot figure out why Birds flying over my back yard Drop from the sky, all stone dead There's no reason for this strange occurrence So, I blame global warming instead Crows and pigeons drop like missles Hitting ground and just missing my head What with this morning cold frost on the pumpkin and now birds are dropping stone dead You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head A spot has appeared on my rib cage Just a spot, nothing much, nothing strange but, since I saw frost on the pumpkin I keep watching the spot for a change I used to play out in the sunshine Now there is a scale, a safe range I've a spot that just seems to get bigger I think that my spot's started to change Water is bottled in plastics It's not safe to drink out of the tap the rivers and streams are all dry now And the trees hardly have any sap The fish are all farmed in a warehouse Where they don't swim upstream they swim laps You can't swim around all the beaches For the oil wells may blow a cap You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head My grass is a nice shade of brown now I used to know my grass as green But, they ban using water in May so, The weeds are the only green thing that's seen Pesticides, they are all natural The government does not say what it means You can go to the Parliament buildings Because that's the only grass that is green Dead birds and frosted up pumpkins Dry rivers and lakes and dead grass Say a prayer for them all this next Sunday and an extra one too at the mass There is no reason I know of Don't worry, it will come to pass That you will have to go to a museum To see a live bird and green grass You ask and they tell you don't worry There's nothing to fear in the sky It's normal that things like this happen Things are all born just to die Global Warming you must be quite crazy It's a fallacy, it's all in your head Don't worry about the stock market Worry about birds hitting your head
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3 inches of dust Coat my nails Been so long Since I’ve Caressed The golden waves Stiffened wrists Cardiac arrest From ocean eyes Depths unknowing Only paper to guide A pale hand Towards a wizened tree That used to scream Songs so lovely Core is rotted Pesticides poisoned Blood giving life Through the roots But not the right kind of life The dead kind of life Bounty dead An innocent deer at the base Her throat slit And an arrow through her eye The taste of salt Still on her tongue
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Oct 24, 2012
Oct 24, 2012 at 8:24 PM UTC
Salty
The train comes by every morning bout 5 I wish that train could find a cliff and collide Before the demons with it arrive Always, some poison they unpack Wherever it came from, I wish it’d go back That whistle blower must be the most vile of all He probably blew whistles during the disaster in Bhopal Sounding off as thousands of people died Now I hear melodies of their killer pesticides Echoing deep thru the hills, into the chemical valley Here it continues adding death to it's tally So rich men can be richer, they threaten a poor mans fate Acting like life is worth less than methyl isocyanate
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Jun 5, 2013
Jun 5, 2013 at 11:40 AM UTC
Pesticides in the Ether
pollen rots, faintly wafts increasing death in an otherwise vacant Spring breeze. the memories of bees buzz. melodramatically, i add a spoon of honey to my coffee. it isn't fair trade. neither is the milk..fair trade milk? 40 multicultural minds hexagonal attuned: the IPI begins to gather in consilience some further future data, worked together for a whole new picture- target for debunkers touting benefits of pesticides, ultra-gene manipulation patenting, cross-pollinating property. i am a bland dismissal too, not just touchy-feely rage at rampant death upon death, on death, death after death.. for 'death has always been common' right... as i sit here, sipping sweet and sour coffee not quite awake .
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May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 12:59 PM UTC
beeline fatalism, a morning brew
OOO! He is worried! Again! the Mr. Perfectionist. It’s almost Carnival but He hasn't yet got a mask with specifics outlining his ballads and jests he surly lists his bests in two principle steps of CAPS : 1)   * Feeds the Bats and * Tempts the Charms 2) * Cheap N Handy * Quixotic but Scary * Not too Trendy and he cries Yuck!   EW! Husky! What's worse than a self-adoring pathetic bat in my whereabouts! I can't get the stink and shrill so I help him fast 'Yo what's the worry!' -I say friendly - 'you need not hurry cause I think you already are ready!' -I continue enthusiastically- 'Here! Try this one My top design Custom fit chemistry A truly  NO Risk Recipe and of course Specially designed for you! ' 'for you for youuu    to echolocate such is an eye-gaze for the half-blind such is sound a vibration that propagates in ears and brains of pretty gulls and of course only  for youuu' -  I sing loud a common bat ad just to stimulate my client and continue- merrily explaining my serviceable recipe *for 2) Wear your white shirt just ...as always the one I know you know? the webbed one weaving grace and don't forget to iron it well this time. * *for 1) Put on your true face! I reckon then and can guarantee ...as always no one will ever recognize you . * In a flight he disappears glad and I hope he won't show up till next year What can you do I say to myself and quote a encyclopedic fact about my client. All things have a place, you don't really need to like them but these ones pollinate flowers and disperse fruit seeds and they are economically important as they consume insect pests reducing need for pesticides.   I say while I ventilate my head with an OM mantra and an incense stick Bah what a stink what a stink...
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 5:34 PM UTC
Tip for a Bat's Mask
OOO! He is worried! Again! the Mr. Perfectionist. It’s almost Carnival but He hasn't yet got a mask with specifics outlining his ballads and jests he surly lists his bests in two principle steps of CAPS : 1)   * Feeds the Bats and * Tempts the Charms 2) * Cheap N Handy * Quixotic but Scary * Not too Trendy and he cries Yuck!   EW! Husky! What's worse than a self-adoring pathetic bat in my whereabouts! I can't get the stink and shrill so I help him fast 'Yo what's the worry!' -I say friendly - 'you need not hurry cause I think you already are ready!' -I continue enthusiastically- 'Here! Try this one My top design Custom fit chemistry A truly  NO Risk Recipe and of course Specially designed for you! ' 'for you for youuu    to echolocate such is an eye-gaze for the half-blind such is sound a vibration that propagates in ears and brains of pretty gulls and of course only  for youuu' -  I sing loud a common bat ad just to stimulate my client and continue- merrily explaining my serviceable recipe *for 2) Wear your white shirt just ...as always the one I know you know? the webbed one weaving grace and don't forget to iron it well this time. * *for 1) Put on your true face! I reckon then and can guarantee ...as always no one will ever recognize you . * In a flight he disappears glad and I hope he won't show up till next year What can you do I say to myself and quote a encyclopedic fact about my client. All things have a place, you don't really need to like them but these ones pollinate flowers and disperse fruit seeds and they are economically important as they consume insect pests reducing need for pesticides.   I say while I ventilate my head with an OM mantra and an incense stick Bah what a stink what a stink...
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*go with your flow cause when you hold on to fear it slows everyone down like when your clothes get soaked. Aren't you tired of listening to that cold sounding channel? Switching frequencies to love is like donning a warm flannel blanket but our minds are a storm of thoughts pouring down in a rusty trough filled w/ GMO foods bathed in pesticides-- we've forgotten the well deep inside ourselves it transcends space and time cause we're with the divine one teaching us lessons like a father does with sons and sometimes we don't understand, it's ok, we're human class is always in session jamming like musicians listening for the groove-- the beat and rhythm our self produces to dance to, a soothing tune like fresh water splashing our dry tongue a song sung from nourished hearts where every action is artistic as we listen to our one connection hitting our ear playing our lungs like bagpipes bodies in vibration swaying with reckless abandon dancing like when man first discovered fire to enlighten up a whole nation.*
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Jun 7, 2013
Jun 7, 2013 at 4:05 AM UTC
Enlighten Up
Ireland is riddled with cancer. Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides- Are obviously, not the answer. Dairygold® have got it right. Surprisingly! Organic pastureland, green grass, happy cows!                 "Golden Valleys, Growing Naturally" ?          ("Logo ™") without the question             mark.               <> In the event of Corporate Punishment, IE, finding a herd of hungry Friesians in my front lawn, or my next organic pizza happens to be a Crispy Cow Pat with lashings of Mozzarella, I am hereby declaring that Silent Spring lady, Rachel Carson, was bumped off for making metaphorical accusations, such as could be interpreted by those who are currently involved in the depopulation process by way of poisoning the people via consumer products, that are known to contain harmful carcinogenic compounds veiled by misleading advertising. natural adjective 1. her policy of using fresh, natural produce: unprocessed, organic, pure, wholesome, unrefined, pesticide-free, chemical-free, additive-free, unbleached, unmixed, real, plain, ****** crude, raw. ANTONYMS artificial, refined. 2. a natural occurrence: normal, ordinary, everyday, usual, regular, common, commonplace, typical, routine, standard, established, customary, accustomed, habitual, run-of-the-mill, stock, unexceptional. ANTONYMS abnormal, unnatural, exceptional.
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Jan 5, 2019
Jan 5, 2019 at 4:43 AM UTC
Cancer, naturally.
Since lockdown, there is virtually no road **** no dead foxes, badgers, or rabbits on the wayside. Since lockdown there is virtually no refuse, no Kentucky or McDonald wrappers on the wayside. Since lockdown, there is virtually no pollution, no no noise or exhaust fumes or oil drips on the wayside. Since lockdown there is virtually no people, no idle gossip or slandering in groups on the wayside. Since lockdown there is virtually no spraying, no herbicides pesticides or fungicides on the wayside. Since lockdown, there is virtually no reason why anyone would wish for a re-opening. Of the wayside. Ps. I love Lockdown.
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May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020 at 6:47 AM UTC
Since Lockdown
Were there no stalkers or high school shooters in the 50s? Or are social web sites just more influential than our parents think? Did texts and tweets raise the *** drives and black out drinking? Or is the thinning atmosphere contributing to mass judgement impairment? It's strange that we have a cure for small pox, can remove cancerous cells but can't convince some to drive home sober. It's fitting, in a way, that Mother Nature has figured out a system to keep the human population relatively in check: we have the technology to survive diabetes and malaria but access to delicious saturated fats is slowing down and stopping hearts from properly earning a living. Progress has ended many terrible ailments and has expanded understanding and brains but has also given more creative ways to be lazy and irresponsible. A double edged sword, with most likely more benefits than setbacks, we have all become hypocrites under advancement. We learn of the monstrocities in far away places we will never see, yet still do the very things that contribute to its existence. Sweatshops? I'll buy an anti-slavery t-shirt! (made my children. in sweatshops.) Pesticides?! I'll go organic! (and perpetuate pollution with the fuel used to import the goods. and continue terrible working conditions) It's impossible to resist the inevitables, like death and setbacks and corruption so sometimes it's best not to fight but to just do what you want, even if it's stupid or lethal or involves making an *** of yourself. We're all stupid at sometime and susceptible to faulty thinking, and sometimes advanced thinking leads to inventions that create crutches for living or coping, but the fields level out and global common sense always balances individuals who lack the ability to be actively responsible.
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May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012 at 10:14 PM UTC
Sweetly Sweet
Were there no stalkers or high school shooters in the 50s? Or are social web sites just more influential than our parents think? Did texts and tweets raise the *** drives and black out drinking? Or is the thinning atmosphere contributing to mass judgement impairment? It's strange that we have a cure for small pox, can remove cancerous cells but can't convince some to drive home sober. It's fitting, in a way, that Mother Nature has figured out a system to keep the human population relatively in check: we have the technology to survive diabetes and malaria but access to delicious saturated fats is slowing down and stopping hearts from properly earning a living. Progress has ended many terrible ailments and has expanded understanding and brains but has also given more creative ways to be lazy and irresponsible. A double edged sword, with most likely more benefits than setbacks, we have all become hypocrites under advancement. We learn of the monstrocities in far away places we will never see, yet still do the very things that contribute to its existence. Sweatshops? I'll buy an anti-slavery t-shirt! (made my children. in sweatshops.) Pesticides?! I'll go organic! (and perpetuate pollution with the fuel used to import the goods. and continue terrible working conditions) It's impossible to resist the inevitables, like death and setbacks and corruption so sometimes it's best not to fight but to just do what you want, even if it's stupid or lethal or involves making an *** of yourself. We're all stupid at sometime and susceptible to faulty thinking, and sometimes advanced thinking leads to inventions that create crutches for living or coping, but the fields level out and global common sense always balances individuals who lack the ability to be actively responsible.
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*Lay down on your pillow and turn the lights down low, Close your eyes and enter dreams. Let me take you to the garden where passion flowers grow.* **Let me kiss your mind With splendor and passion Ravage your thoughts with Past, Present and Future actions.** *Love will not break your heart but, dismiss your fears. Get over your hill and see what you find there, with grace in your heart and flowers in your hair... Let me take you there.* **In this garden you're the main attraction I have the hose that waters your growth. The ***** that digs to your soul. As you envelope you roots in this garden of my affection. We blossom from our enclosure Spreading bliss Like pesticides in this garden, You're my obsession.** *If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. I want to feel as free as the flowers.* **Immerse yourself in fields of blooms Cherry blossoms Tulips and Patunias, too. Passion flowers are our main attraction Trapped in their periodic frame. We savor the peace they bring. Hours of bliss Turn to notions of a moment's gist. For passion flowers bloom in the twilit hours.** *Touch the tender petals of the flower as she grows a tentative endeavour, as your feelings overflow.* **Touch your soul In places it's never felt Mending wounds That never seem to shut The Gardner to your soul Here to nurse you back to perfect health.**
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Dec 14, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 at 4:38 PM UTC
Passion Flower. By: Malcolm Starling & Falen Acon
"Don't drink that coffee," my friend shouted at me, "That caffeine will **** you!" he said impatiently! Drinking water is bad for your health, the feds put fluorine in it to **** you by stealth." Paternally he whispered, "Whatever you do, don't drink cows' milk. the sucklings its made for aren't close to our ilk. The consumption of pigs and animals that **** most certainly will keep you from obtaining sweet bliss. And stay away from creatures that swim in the sea, their svelte tasty bodies are filled with deadly mercury." And then he looked aghast at my plate, "Tell me you're not eating that excrement," he sighed, "Do you really want to die... from eating french fries? Don't you know that fried things are the scourge of the planet, cooked in hydrogenated fats by some woman named Janet? Avoid eggs, if you can, and by no means eat the yolks, your cholesterol will rise, that's no funny joke." Then, with a scowl in his voice he said, "Avoid plants grown in this country, sprayed with pesticides and poisons by corporate monkeys. And stay away from foods grown in the East, they're probably fertilized by humans, dragons and beasts. Potatoes, tomatoes have starch and acid, that eats up your guts and make you grow flaccid. Lemons and limes will ruin your pretty white teeth, making you go snaggle right in your sleep." With a superior air he ended his harangue, "Beer, wine, and all forms of liquor, Can you think of anything that will **** you quicker? Don't eat rich chocolate--it'll make you a **** humping everything in sight like a mad deer in rut. Cakes, breads and cookies too, contain sugars and flours that's sooooo baaaaad for you. ~~~ I'm hungry and starving and don't know what to do, I want to eat something but afraid to give it a chew. Though all of this leaves me feeling quite uneasy and queasy, I'm closing the door and doing as I pleasey!
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Jul 19, 2010
Jul 19, 2010 at 7:58 AM UTC
Ain't nothin left to eat!
"Don't drink that coffee," my friend shouted at me, "That caffeine will **** you!" he said impatiently! Drinking water is bad for your health, the feds put fluorine in it to **** you by stealth." Paternally he whispered, "Whatever you do, don't drink cows' milk. the sucklings its made for aren't close to our ilk. The consumption of pigs and animals that **** most certainly will keep you from obtaining sweet bliss. And stay away from creatures that swim in the sea, their svelte tasty bodies are filled with deadly mercury." And then he looked aghast at my plate, "Tell me you're not eating that excrement," he sighed, "Do you really want to die... from eating french fries? Don't you know that fried things are the scourge of the planet, cooked in hydrogenated fats by some woman named Janet? Avoid eggs, if you can, and by no means eat the yolks, your cholesterol will rise, that's no funny joke." Then, with a scowl in his voice he said, "Avoid plants grown in this country, sprayed with pesticides and poisons by corporate monkeys. And stay away from foods grown in the East, they're probably fertilized by humans, dragons and beasts. Potatoes, tomatoes have starch and acid, that eats up your guts and make you grow flaccid. Lemons and limes will ruin your pretty white teeth, making you go snaggle right in your sleep." With a superior air he ended his harangue, "Beer, wine, and all forms of liquor, Can you think of anything that will **** you quicker? Don't eat rich chocolate--it'll make you a **** humping everything in sight like a mad deer in rut. Cakes, breads and cookies too, contain sugars and flours that's sooooo baaaaad for you. ~~~ I'm hungry and starving and don't know what to do, I want to eat something but afraid to give it a chew. Though all of this leaves me feeling quite uneasy and queasy, I'm closing the door and doing as I pleasey!
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I smell death Cancerous growths Test subjects and GMO's   Pesticides, hormones and unknown disease Sickened, weak and MSG Unusual pallor I smell death
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Nov 30, 2012
Nov 30, 2012 at 4:46 PM UTC
Test Subject
Crossing the Limits: An Unforging Wasteland Boom goes the economy Blooming a shade darker every full moon Ragged wires and broken tires All we ever did was try to sustain The pain of a million pesticides In our food, in our dreams, in our sleep Open your eyes and realize The harm of every arm cut up and torn apart Trapped in corrupted media Brainwashed by subliminal messaging Lend an eye for an ear and save our economy A foreseeable wasteland near to come Once true to youth As with the endangered animals Prone to extinction And breeding babies to come Rising with hysteria Completion for resources, affluence, sanity An ecological disturbance hard to ignore Deterioration Depletion Destruction Truly, the origin of the storm.
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 10:37 AM UTC
The Longer We Wait