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Plutomania

Idyllic isle enriched by sun and sea
The air so fresh; the ground all shades of green
Until the builders rape the virgin land
Spread a disease for which there’s no vaccine. 

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Chiri Avatar
December 23, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Well done! :) or should I say well written! Hi Paul hope all is good with you?
Callus Avatar
December 27, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Hi Brenda!! Thank you for the comments. A pleasure to have you visiting my humble abode! It's been a while since our paths crossed, but these past months I have not been very active on Soup due to other important priorities. I will come see what you've been posting; I know I won't be disappointed! ~ Warm regards // paul
Baker Avatar
December 18, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Great message in this one, Paul. They say, "the love of money is the root of all evil." Greed is destroying our planet. Thanks for writing on such an important topic, my friend. Bill
Callus Avatar
December 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM
Thank you Bill. Building outside ODZ areas is against the law (for us minnows) but no problem for rich developers :( ~ Best regards my friend // paul
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December 16, 2023 at 3:04 PM
I miss ye olde days Paul but as the USA takes in 5,000 new poeple a day. Homes must be built and whatever else is needed. Whether forest or city, itts an attack on beauty…i waslucky enough to be born when the USA was beautiful. Better yet, people were sane, had inyegrity and a sense of aetheticism! Your friend,…Pangie
Callus Avatar
December 19, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Thank you Pangie for contributing and adding on to the message implied in my short poem. The world is changing fast, detrimental to what we had and will never have again! ~ Best regards my friend // paul
Ball Avatar
December 13, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Oh I do so agree Paul. There is so much building going on around here that I just hate it. The beautiful pastures are giving way to "progress and growth". Soon the wild life will have no where to go. It's awful. God Bless and Merry Christmas. JB
Callus Avatar
December 13, 2023 at 1:09 AM
I too will take this opportunity to wish you a joyous & blessed Christmas, my friend // paul
Ball Avatar
December 5, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Oh I do so agree Paul. I am surrounded by that same thing here in Alberta where there are so many housing developments springing up all over to accommodate the people moving here. Where there used to be beautiful farm land and forests there are now shopping malls, housing developments, schools, etc. We are "improving" ourselves into extinction. Well said. God Bless, JB
Callus Avatar
December 13, 2023 at 1:06 AM
I like your "improving ourselves into extinction" Judy! Earth, nature, etc were created for us to make good use of, and not to destroy. Unfortunately those who have the power to stop the rot are the ones mostly to blame! ~ Regards & blessings // paul
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November 26, 2023 at 2:04 PM
That's sure a good powerful little Poem for nature.
Callus Avatar
November 27, 2023 at 2:01 AM
Thank you, Andrea. Before I used to live in a small village surrounded by countryside; now my village and adjacent ones are encroaching on one another :( Regards // paul
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November 25, 2023 at 8:04 AM
Congratulations dear friend on your inclusion of your awesome poetry in Poetry Soups third Anthology - Reflections on the Important Things. Blessings, Jennifer.
Callus Avatar
November 27, 2023 at 2:13 AM
Thank you dear Jenny. I noticed that you too are included in this 3rd Soup anthology. Congratulations my friend while wishing you more success for the future! ~ Warm regards & blessings // paul
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November 22, 2023 at 8:39 AM
I enjoyed your write/picture. You told a story in just 4 lines. Good Luck... Have a wonderful day writing away.............
Callus Avatar
November 24, 2023 at 2:01 AM
I am pleased that you enjoyed my short poem, Paula; thank you for visiting. ~ Best regards // paul
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November 21, 2023 at 4:17 PM
A bite size poem with a bite!. Great writing, Paul. Always a pleasure to read your thoughts:)
Callus Avatar
November 24, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Thank you, my friend. I enjoy your poems, though time does not always collaborate! ~ Have a nice weekend // paul
Ball Avatar
November 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Oh I do so agree my friend. There is so much building going on here in Airdrie and Calgary, Alberta that it saddens me. So much beautiful farm land being lost to spreading house building. New neighborhoods popping up where once cattle and horses were raised. My beautiful little small town becoming a big city. I so want to move. Good stuff my friend. God Bless, JB
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November 24, 2023 at 1:40 AM
And I agree with you as well, Judy. As a child I lived in a windmill out in the country surrounded by fields and nature's gifts. Now buildings and roads have encroached from all sides...the windmill is suffocating...my heart aches :( Thank you for your contribution to my humble thoughts. Blessings // paul
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