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Desolate Land

The blistering sun seers the sand. Time will create a desolate land.

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Speaks Volumes

Date: 7/19/2023 11:34:00 AM

Such truth in so few words. Written with much wisdom Bill.

Bill Baker
Date: 7/20/2023 7:40:00 AM

Thanks, for the visit and comments SV. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Gary Radice

Date: 7/15/2023 5:24:00 AM

Hi Bill. Seventeen syllables of great euphony with a great message to boot. I'm not sure where we humans are racing to but we certainly need to slow down and take a good look at what we are doing to Mother Earth. Cheers - Gary

Bill Baker
Date: 7/16/2023 3:06:00 PM

I with you on slowing down and changing the habits that are destorying our planet. Thanks for the visit and comment, my friend. Have a great week! Bill

Valsa George

Date: 6/29/2023 9:41:00 AM

These days, the sun is growing more fierce and global warming is felt everywhere more than ever ! A fecund land can be turned into a desert in no time. Unfortunately, it is all of our doing. Great couplets!

Bill Baker
Date: 6/29/2023 9:47:00 AM

Thanks for the comments, Valsa. Humans are an enemy of nature many times, mostly out of ignorance. Your comments are encouraging to my poetry efforts. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 6/28/2023 11:43:00 AM

We were reading about the Dust Bowl years, and watched The Grapes of Wrath a few weeks ago. It is horrifying to know that if a lot of work and change had not taken place to reclaim the land of that time, we'd already have created a vast desert out of the once lush rolling meadows, and it would have spread like a cancer as it was doing. It's scary to know how choices made especially in the last 100 years or so has truly wreaked such havoc on our beautiful earth :/

Bill Baker
Date: 6/28/2023 4:21:00 PM

I agee, BJ, we humans have not been good caretakers. Our world was meant to be beautiful and productive. Shame on the human race. Thanks for the visit and comment, my friend. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/25/2023 2:51:00 PM

i just read your reply to me that this was your first poem in this form. Wow, well done

Bill Baker
Date: 6/25/2023 3:33:00 PM

Thanks Andrea, I appreciate your friendship and the encouragement you've given to me over the last 18 months. Thank you, thank you, thank you. :-) Smiles ~ Blessings ~ Hugs Bill

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/25/2023 12:53:00 PM

Bill, you are quite right and quite the philosopher - very clever two lines. I listened to a documentary last night which said that humanity might become extinct, climate change causing tsunamis, earthquakes,icebcaps which threaten and cause the sea levels to rise and are melting whilst we speak, pandemics still to come, increasing poverty, war, foods, mudslides, raging fires, i can't think of anything else.. A Prediction that could one day come true. Blessings galore. Jennifer .

Bill Baker
Date: 6/25/2023 3:36:00 PM

Thank you for the encouraging comments, Jennifer. They mean so much to me. The world is not in a good place right now, certainly not our happy place. Smiles ~ Blessings ~ Hugs my dear friend. Bill

Sotto Poet

Date: 6/24/2023 4:43:00 PM

The passage of time goes beyond the words you penned, Bill. It is indeed a profound reflection on the consequences you eloquently described.

Bill Baker
Date: 6/25/2023 5:46:00 AM

A short way of saying, "If it stays hot enough, long enough; a desert is created." Desolate is what many humans see, but beauty is also present. Thanks for the comments and visit, my friend. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 6/24/2023 8:50:00 AM

Your "Desolate Land" sounds nice. I am ready to run away. Have a fun sunny day/weekend writing away..................

Bill Baker
Date: 6/24/2023 3:35:00 PM

Sometimes running away can be good even if it's to a desert, Paula. Thanks for all the comments on my poetry today my friend. Bill

Paige Hind

Date: 6/23/2023 2:47:00 PM

A lot said in few words. I really liked it!

Bill Baker
Date: 6/23/2023 4:58:00 PM

Thanks for the comment ,y friend. It's really hot here in Texas. Feels like rating 115-120 most days. Ouch! Have a pleasant weekend, Paige. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/21/2023 11:58:00 AM

short and neat!

Bill Baker
Date: 6/22/2023 2:05:00 PM

My first poem in this form. Thanks for the matching comment, Andrea. :-) Bill

Miranda Hawley

Date: 6/20/2023 4:15:00 PM

It is also seering the grass like everywhere around here.

Bill Baker
Date: 6/21/2023 7:05:00 AM

I hear you, my friend. It's hot in Texas. Thanks for the visit and comment, Miranda. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Michael Tor

Date: 6/20/2023 12:11:00 PM

Time transcends the words you wrote Bill. Very true of outcome you wrote of..Thanks for sharing glad to see you posting more...

Bill Baker
Date: 6/20/2023 2:07:00 PM

Still trying. Thanks for the comments, Michael. I hope your week is going well my friend. Bill

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 6/20/2023 1:48:00 AM

Where no activity takes place, we get a desert.

Bill Baker
Date: 6/20/2023 8:17:00 AM

Good thought, Victor, it's true. Inactivity leads to desolation. Thanks for the visits and comments my friend. I hope your week goes well. Bill

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/19/2023 7:08:00 PM

I immediately think of 'The Martian Chronicles,' by Ray Bradbury (c. 1951 collection of vignettes, sci-fi, about trips to the Red Planet). Eerie, haunting, and ominous portents for the future of whatever road we've veered off onto. :) gw

Bill Baker
Date: 6/20/2023 8:20:00 AM

I've read a few of his books, and agree with your comment, my friend. Could be the hook for a short story. lol Write On! Bill

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/19/2023 4:23:00 PM

Ooh..can just feel and see the blistering…

Bill Baker
Date: 6/19/2023 4:34:00 PM

It gets miserable at times in the desert. Dangerously hot. Thanks for the visit and comments, Kim. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Jan Allison

Date: 6/19/2023 2:25:00 PM

oh so true and its only getting worse isn't it Bill:-( hugs Jan xx

Bill Baker
Date: 6/19/2023 2:48:00 PM

Seems like it here in Texas, Jan. Thanks for the comment my friend. Bill