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I Speak For

Forsaken are the dying trees, Poisoned skies and barren land, The wilting plants and lonely bees, Who cannot take a stand To wage a war against the thieves Taking life to meet demand; Each rolling down their dirtied sleeves To hide their bloody hand In matters far beyond repent; Lives unable to withstand Their broken homes and the ill intent That spread from rock to sand. So now I speak for all the trees, All the grounds that they had spanned, The septic skies, dejected bees, And all the deaths unplanned That came as a result of greed; I speak for the voiceless land, And surely ever-growing need To stop and take a stand.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 7/18/2012 6:49:00 AM
Congratulations on your poem making it through round one of the PoetrySoup International Poetry Contest. I wish you the best in the finals Christopher. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/17/2012 11:02:00 AM
I like your title reference to the lorax and the stand you yourself take just in writing this. it's very powerful. I hadn't even planned on commenting right now, but your poem urged me to. congrats on it being featured this week!
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Christopher Berry
Date: 7/17/2012 7:17:00 PM
Thank you so much for the kind words. =)
Date: 11/4/2011 7:52:00 PM
Nice quatrains
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Christopher Berry
Date: 11/4/2011 8:51:00 PM
Thank You. It somehow just flowed perfectly on my first draft.
Date: 11/4/2011 6:18:00 PM
Very nice! I recently wrote something called The Things I See. It kinda hits the same nerve.
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