Stress Earth Poems

On the fifth of April 2024, about 10:23 a.m., we all felt a shake
It wasn’t the midnight train; it wasn’t a jack hammer
It wasn’t children...

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It's a blessing to live close to the ocean. The ocean is a mysterious and magical place that we as humans know very little about....

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Did you ever stand on stage,
behind the big curtain.
Standing there peeking out from behind the curtain,
watching the audience looking at the stage.
Your knees are shaking,
your...

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I felt like a book 
very tired old and worn out 
needing rest on shelf....

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Christmas comes with planning,  
who are you buying gifts for.  
What to get them,  
what to eat.  
Oh well I took...

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Nature is Life
Nature is living
Nature connects us to life, to the earth and to each other
Nature is Elysium
Nature is profound
Nature is ethereal
Nature makes me smile
Nature...

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When walking barefoot through the grass while clearing the mind, a connection occurs along with electrical surges that tingle.
It is wise to connect the soul...

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To Escape 

I want to escape, 
I want to escape so much that I forget who I am anymore.
I want to run through fields full...

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Guns,
and ballistic threats
don't settle anything
They can't,
more quickly
kill.

Mindfulness,
and compassion therapies,
might restore peace
We could
most inclusively
embrace.

Could our court
and prison
and police
and legislative systems
become more mindful,
less judgmental,
by restoring win/win hopeful...

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Just looking out my Window across the green fields and enjoying the wonderful scent seemly alive in the spring atmosphere the kiss of the breeze...

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Too many times sadly
too seldom gladly
I must learn to trust
Earth's future more

Both Father Sun's timeless 
rounds of enlightenment
and Mother Earth's
codependent rhythms
regenerating rich 
empowering 
soulful soil
and...

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"We can now destroy or we can cherish - the choice is ours" David Attenborough

in the darkness, voices are crying
earth aches but no oath is...

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How might Earth's underground narrative
of a sacred Tree
speak most profoundly
of old growth economic
and political
environmental trauma?

A question I forgot to ask
when I was younger
and more disabled
and...

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You could tell me your differences,
beat me down with distortions,
in-between fundamentally certain
of Either/Or
Yes or No
Stop or Go;
and never "and"

You also faithfully know sacred reasons
for secularized...

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To lose someone of whom u care 
The loss the grief the utter despair
Bereavement the feeling of nothingness
Can also seem like a cyclone of pain...

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