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Mother Nature's Early Menopause

We forced her into menopause well ahead of her time. Mother Nature’s prematurely changing and we’ll regret our crime. We cut off her tresses that once bushed across her land, polluted her oceans and soiled her golden sand. Moody and unpredictable her volcanic eruptions flows, fed a daily diet of plastics, pesticides and GMO’s. We sweated out her edges and turned her temples gray, while her hot flashes melt the glaciers that dissolve more each day. Her skin is dry and arid as she blazes across her earth, destroying crops and animal life, unyielding, no longer giving birth. We ravaged her Amazon where green algae and flora once flourished, only two days shipping while populations starve and many undernourished. Waken with a splitting headache as earthquakes and tornados roar, we have become her burden with our excessive cries for more. Gas emissions have choked her and left her in a daze. The damage is done, too late before we change our ways. She is like a bridge as our weight has caused her back to bend with greed, corruption and the unconscionable conscience of men. How will humanity survive when Mother Nature has no more to give, what will become of our children, where will they have to live? This is a time of urgency, but we have been fore warned. Her end is rapidly approaching, for “hell has no fury like a woman scorned”.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 11/17/2022 1:42:00 PM
Mother Nature's Early menopause is very impressive. Mother Nature almost seems human.
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Date: 11/17/2022 3:15:00 AM
Dear Nora Gibson, Enjoyed reading this poem - specially the 2 lines below: She is like a bridge as our weight has caused her back to bend with greed, corruption and the unconscionable conscience of men. Keep it up.
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Date: 11/16/2022 8:18:00 PM
You've summed up the situation perfectly I enjoyed the read. Thanks Les.
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Date: 11/16/2022 3:13:00 PM
Really enjoyed this read. I loved the line "soiled her golden sand" I don't know why that line in particular but I felt it. Powerful imagery. We never cease to cry for more, do we ?
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Date: 11/16/2022 2:38:00 PM
Truly awesome from beginning to end. Your powerful piece sends a much-needed message. Bravo!
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Date: 11/16/2022 1:55:00 PM
Beautiful profound rhythmic flowing canvasing needing truth awareness. Thanks for this dynamic share, Nora. ONE. Peace and Love.
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Date: 11/16/2022 1:43:00 PM
True, oh so true. Besides, what's on Mars.
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Date: 11/16/2022 10:40:00 AM
Wowzers that is quite the personification of her. We do need to take better care of our earth. I am not sure how easy it will be to do away with everything that fossil fuels have created though.
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Date: 11/4/2022 7:03:00 AM
Beautifully written! Brilliant! Great poem on addressing climate change!
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Date: 2/8/2021 7:40:00 PM
Wow the parallel you drew is awesome, Nora. Your closing line is perfect. Great to find this strong message of urgency published in the 2020 PS Anthology ~ well penned
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Date: 1/19/2020 9:23:00 AM
This is one of your best. I am impressed. There should be a lot more responses to this piece. Once you are better known this one should be reposted. I wrote a piece dealing with this topic. If you have a chance give it a read. It’s titled “Beyond The Cracks”
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Date: 1/15/2020 9:38:00 PM
Oh, and that last line was already rolling in my head reading this. Sating poetry. Excellent. A fave. xomo
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Nora Gibson
Date: 1/16/2020 8:07:00 AM
thank you

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