When Cities Yell

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what grows from these petri dishes? when will these hives with their metal monsters their deceiving smiles their artistic like visages stop breeding, stop growing, like a virus? what of the fertile land they cover, the resources they consume? what of their ravenous appetite? and barely a forest untouched. 17~12~2014 Maurice Yvonne

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 12/18/2014 4:06:00 PM

Oh, they do yell an awful lot. Now they're yelling that you've written a poem about them.

Jan Allison

Date: 12/18/2014 6:09:00 AM

Oh Maurice the title is simply perfect for this thought provoking write - we are lucky our little Island is very green - sadly mans greed takes over our world and we are destroying everything around us - its a 7 and faves:-) Hugs jan x

Tim Smith

Date: 12/17/2014 10:35:00 PM

I'm riding in to the concrete jungle now....when my kids started getting of school age I moved 45 miles outside the city so they could be brought up in a better place....fabulous

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 12/17/2014 4:01:00 PM

Maurice.Both where I used to live and where I live now used to be surounded by fields..We used to run and play in the streets as kids.. But now the scent of wild daises is gone ..The almond trees chopped off..Ugly plain building replaced them.Ladybirds and butterflies dont exist there anymore.Yes this virus ..this desease is world contagious and it kills ..pollutes every breath of fresh air.A deep poem which brought back memories of a greener land on the isle too.!

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 12/17/2014 4:04:00 PM

Char I love what you wrote as a reply to my poem. Your reply sounds like a theme that would make a great poem. You should write it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/17/2014 3:48:00 PM

This is such a good poem about society. Is it for that one contest of Deb's? It sure would work!!! The last few lines say it all! Let me see this blog of Casarah's now if I can.

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 12/17/2014 4:07:00 PM

Thanks Andrea!

David Meade

Date: 12/17/2014 11:12:00 AM

Thanks Maurice -- I will follow-up on your notes regarding Casarah -- we are family!! all the best my brother.

Maurice Yvonne
Date: 12/17/2014 4:06:00 PM

You are a wonderful human being!

David Meade
Date: 12/17/2014 11:46:00 AM

Done --