Peace Elephant Poems

Once upon eternal time,
all philosophers
and theologians
and ecologists,
published and unpublished,
credentialed and indigenous,
elders and children
and all ages in-between,
alive and dead
and all health indicators in-between,
got together
to sort out...

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It’s in our genes that
this ancient path lies. 
Yesterday, a few men
made a tarred road 
across our path in the
forest. It’s ironic that
we’re trespassers today.

Shattered...

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Elephant, Elephant
Elephant, elephant, elephant

You lovely mighty creature
The children are fond of you

We all love you
Sweetly we adore 

You little cute giant
All the day you are...

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Don't cover me with a mantle of glitter
For a circus parade that flaunts
A pretentious kaleidoscopic dream,
Where I am tricked to enchant an audience
Paying hard-earned bills...

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If I were an elephant I’d fly to safety in a jumbo jet
I’d visit my mum in a zoo, as she lives in darkest Tibet

I’d...

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If I was an elephant
I would lift my head
Send the sound of trumpets worldwide
Acclaiming peace in the land.

My trumpeting sound would attract
My young friends to...

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How great is the elephant!
A huge beast older than the forest?

The crevice of prolonged emotion!
The fear scattered on every hill:

A red shell of paint used...

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