The Word is food for humans
Manna from the Creator above
Perfect in every form
Nutritious enough to nourish
The heart to warmth
Substance for the soul
Eternal life is the Word's goal
Streams of living water supply its roots.
Wilted flowers
Wilted flowers lie in empty fields
Days pass as flies scour,
Leaving the decomposing ideas to be eaten.
The sun flickers as each minute weans by
An empty shell of you left in bloody waters.
A quiet silence crowding the space your words claimed.
The once blooming pedals, scorned by your nectar.
Craving the burn you bring into my veins; no longer able to be muzzled
A type of silent desire for chaos and destruction.
A desire for deforestation.
What started as weeds being plucked,
Turned to mowing down rose bushes.
Muddy boots left on waxed floors,
Destruction on the original wood grain that was once admired by generations.
Floors handcrafted from trees outside of what I wanted to call home.
Someplace silence was peace and peace was expected rather than craved.
Pruned roses left puddles of milkweed
Each droplet going sour the second it fell,
The bitter taste of cyanide leaked out of your pores into its water supply.
Empty plots. Pesticides. Ripped roots.
Palisades Palestine
Raging fires Raging fires
mansions destroyed Babies burned
a million tears the dead cannot cry
the winds are whispering the bombs are laughing
who stole your water supply? no aid allowed in
terrifying, natures justice Americas politicians sign the bombs
your Big Mac was burned while complete villages destroyed
a few people perished hundreds of thousands slaughtered
fools denying climate change fools committing genocide
missing a little water are we? missing hospitals, children covered in
blood
your white Jesus turned it to wine Bethlehem under Zionist siege once more
go see the Resnicks go see Netanyahu
they stole most of your resources he stole human organs, like a genocide
before
you suffered a few days Palestinians suffered 76 years
poetic justice Poets shot in the head
why should I care? when the USA sends billions
you will rebuild the mansions innocent lives, lost forever, by your hand
in crime
Oh Doggy ! Weather clear, not foggy,
Paths not soggy - muddy, not cloggy.
Oh cat ! Why sitting idle on stair ?
In search of hidden rat, do you stare ?
Me just finishing watering plants ;
Plenty of water supply, not scant.
Oh, Doggy ! Why are you looking slant ?
Get ready : Well start for morning walk ,
to boost all of us for daily work.
"Precious water--the elixir of life,
yet we still its sources with blase' knife."
A town in the desert awaits rescue from thirst.
Water supply gone, result of a twenty-year drought
that's worsening
Gifts from nature are for us to revere
They have life spans and deserve our care
yet we abuse
Industry pours poison into streams, ending them.
Discarded plastics suffocate the oceans
Fresh air--words
Forests burning or drowning
Wildlife and sea creatures are dying
we're killing
Mother Nature gave hints; now she is yelling
We didn't listen when she told us
she was in peril
Her endowments will last forever, we tell ourselves
Start visualizing chasing tumbleweeds, languishing
in a cactus shade
January 17,2023
for "Quote This" poetry contest
by Rick Parise
Ashes and Thirst
Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes.
We have all heard this many times... before.
But how truly large, or small can it be?
I want to ask this question you see.
I want to know the answer,
and I want to know why.
The water in the tap is no longer clean.
There are only 49 days left.
Las Vegas, New Mexico... is on the clock.
The whole city, will die.
Why?
Ashes from trees and flowers,
ashes from cars and trucks,
houses and furniture,
personal items
... and dust.
No rust!
It floats up in the air,
without a care,
coming down here and there...
as it pleases.
The ash, making the land
dark, and unusable
with poisons yet
un found, going by unnoticed.
They are the bounty of tomorrow,
containing all the sorrow,
from one bad instance to the next.
Then, the floods come from all directions.
They are part of the whole.
The water... now blending with the sewage,
and sludge, again... undrinkable by man or beast.
This story will repeat itself,
until the cycle is broken,
or the Lord returns.
How is your water supply?
Paranoia is full blown alive in Robin’s world.
She is yelling at me about the Chinese.
They have taken over the White House.
They are chasing Tucker Carlson.
The Japanese have hacked our computers.
The French have compromised our cell phones.
The Ukrainians are listening to us on our Echo’s.
Robin is running on six days of coffee, no sleep.
I suggest she take a sleeping pill.
We all suggest she take a sleeping pill.
Did you know the Scots are poisoning our water supply?
I begin chasing Tucker Carlson.
Water Water everywhere,
We cannot live without it anywhere.
It is a vital resource,
Which is of utmost use.
But we pollute it and make it dirty,
Without thinking about the situation that without it we will
become thirsty.
Keep it clean or you will be sick,
Leading to so many diseases that will happen very quick.
It comes from clouds in the sky,
Falls on land for water supply.
We can neither add it
Nor subtract it.
For it is a continuous cycle of water
Which cannot be stopped ever.
We use water for so many things,
So why don’t we realise that it’s our duty to conserve before it
leads to its strange occurring.
Programmes and Social awareness have been made among
people about water conservation,
Which has taught many people that our tomorrow is saved only
when we do water preservation.
People are actively taking part in water conservation
By practicing rain water harvesting, afforestation and adopting
sprinkler irrigation.
~Deveshi Hans
This is an interesting subject matter
so many things come into your mind
having been to Geneva while on holiday
such a beautiful; city was I to find
Geneva was the centre of the reformation
way back in the 1550s that was the time
when God by His spirit was at work
people were being changed, all did rhyme
God's chosen instrument preached His truth
in power and persuasion for everyone's good
that instrument John Calvin, I wished to hear
living there then wish been there just stood
What a treat every day just to hear
in these days preaching came every day
a sheer joy fills full my heart
would just in Geneva want to stay
The 1550s would be really so different
no pc, medicine, fridge, or water supply
but evidence of God changing lives
amazing indeed, to be there before I'd die
(My favourite period of history would be the time of the reformation in the 1550s and being in Geneva in the beautiful land of Switzerland. I would wish to have lived then, really amazing to have been there in that great city of culture in Geneva.)
This year 2021 seems so very hard
with covid and all its limited implications
but it's worth comparing centuries before
five hundred years before was no celebration
In comparing all these 500 years ago
when it was a world so different from today
this was what Europe then was like
even U.S. hadn't been brought into play
During the 1500s there were no basics
no sewer system, central heating, water supply
refrigeration, antibiotics, penicillin or surgery
in our day not having these we would die
As well as no water heater or water
also, ballpoint pen, typewriter, pc was none
it beggars belief what life was like
life was harsh certainly not much fun
People in that day would've been so poor
struggling would have been a daily chore
so be thankful we're not still back then
despite covid we're still able to roar!
it rains from above sent with love
watering all the flowers and trees
the creek waters splashing over the rocks
moving to the ocean floors
fresh water turned to salt
the winter snow dripping and melting
a new water supply for the fish in the oceans
incredible sight
all created by nature...
in Gods hands with love
Contest:Writing Challenge-Nature, Four in One
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Date Created: 09/04/2020
2nd Place
Red Indians
This afternoon was spent watching an old western movie
it was the usual stuff cavalry in spotless uniforms
sitting on tall horses facing a bunch of extras playing
the Indians appeared incredible stupid, were rounded up
and herded back to their dry reservation and poverty.
First time I saw the movie 40 years ago, we laughed a
the Indians they were like a pantomime act how could they
ever rule themselves?
Sometimes I think the Israelis see the Palestinians this way
they have no weapon are reduced throwing stones at soldiers
who no longer care to kill them only knee-cap them.
Dirty Palestinians living in filth, and no think how it came about.
Israel can stop their water supply at a whim.
Oh, those Arabs when are they throwing in the towel and become
quaint people tourists will flock to see.
Death by firing squad is the old way
Using gas chambers, that area’s grey
Dropping big bombs, now that’s child’s play
Compared to the methods they use today
They’re killing people in their own homes
With tasty treats full of hormones
Microwave radiation into their bones
And straight to the brain using cellphones
Right out of the womb there’s a vaccination
If you got a “problem” there’s a medication
They got the water supply with fluoridation
And chemtrails in the sky crisscrossing the nation
In this day and age it’s hard to hide
From G.M.O. “food” and pesticide
Or animal meat with steroids inside
Consuming this stuff is like suicide
Death rates from cancer are enormous in size
Every few seconds somebody dies
We need to know truth instead of the lies
It’s time to wake up and open our eyes
Too many people need a hospital bed
And to get one costs some serious bread
You must stay conscious and one step ahead
Before you find that you’re the one dead
The hydrologic Cycle, the scientists say
Is many forms of water recycled each day
Solids, gases and liquids flow
From a substance known as H2o
Precipitation, raining skies
Makes earth’s water bodies rise
Rivers, streams and lakes are fed
By ground water filtered through rock bed
Frozen atmosphere, solids form
Icy lakes from a storm
Freeze then thaw one year more
Oceans shifting from earth’s core
Relative humidity evaporates to the sky
A vapor substance that plant life relies
The hydrologic Cycle, the scientists say
Is the same water from earth’s first day
Water recycled for generations of seasons
For all living creatures to use within reason
The hydrologic Cycle, the blood of earth
Provides all off creation nutrients from birth
83% water the scientists say
Human bodies are formed this unique way
But chemicals invented for power and greed
Pollutes earth’s blood without heed
But we can fix it the scientists say
Chlorinate maximum levels, it’s the only way
Chemical and pollutants result acid rain
Earth’s water supply down the drain
We must stop this destructive trend
For the hydrologic cycle, all creation depend
To Annie
I weep for you as I remember your days,
Your little alert smile, your taunting plays.
Though you have been left with your comforting snore,
You must amble through to find a door.
Why, oh, why, did you lose your sight,
And be afraid when you wake at night.
You open your eyes and it is still dark,
And you manage to speak a little low bark.
I am learning from you as I must guide,
Even to your food dish and water supply.
For your own safety, you yield to your leash,
We walk in morning light you seem to still see.
Oh, my little white aging ball of fur,
We are fading together to a better world.
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