What Stuff Are We Made Of

What stuff are we made of






We have eaten up greens,
Inhaled the best and given the worst,
The waste everywhere,
In the air, in water and heaps on land,

In name of modernisation,
Intruded woods and raw earth,
Colossal buildings, Material waste,
In name of science and research,
Synthetics and non bios,

Displacing all life, useless piles will eat space,
and for future generations, do we leave a deface ?
Is any other being on this Mother Earth,
Exploiting resources the way we do ?
Insensitive, what stuff are we made of ?
And generating the unending waste, civilised are we ?





Written June 18th, 2015
For contest "Stuff" by Thomas Martin

Second place win
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 6/28/2015 8:25:00 AM
Congrats for your WIN Dr. Upma! ^_^
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Date: 6/22/2015 4:57:00 PM
Hi Dr Upma, Congrats on your awesome win. LOVE SKAT
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Date: 6/22/2015 4:01:00 PM
Dr Upma, Congratulations awesomely done. LINDA
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Date: 6/22/2015 3:36:00 PM
dropping back with my congrats Dr Sharma:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 6/22/2015 11:05:00 AM
Mankind has become used to take without moderation; to use egoistically; not bothering to give or replace. It is a worrying problem. (pls see my poem Earth Cries). Congratulations on this win, Upma, and for the awareness you raise. // paul
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Date: 6/21/2015 11:08:00 PM
Great question, great write. Congrats on your win, Upma. Viv x
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Date: 6/18/2015 5:26:00 PM
Wise write dear poet, good luck in the contest......A.M.
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Date: 6/18/2015 1:44:00 PM
we have poisoned this beautiful earth .reversal is not possible but we can do lot to save this from further chaos n ugly mess.nice write n all the best for the contest.
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Date: 6/18/2015 12:05:00 PM
The questions in the final stanza are very hard hitting - sadly the human race is responsible for the destruction of the earth - love your take on the theme good luck in the contest:-) hugs jan xx
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