[Oe List ...] Where Have All the . . . .Gone?

[Isobel and Jim]

Thank you Milan. 
I will share this with my eco Uniting Earth web  group at our Church. 
You have spoken clearly in your lament. 
With greetings from the South  land, and with gratitude to you Milan. 
Lovingkindness be yours
Isobel Bishop 

Isobel Bishop
Mob.  0412 129 425

> On 17 Apr 2021, at 4:15 am, Milan Hamilton via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> April is National Poetry Month. And the planet is suffering, humans are suffering, the nation is suffering, humans are suffering, beings of all kinds are suffering. I took some liberties with the following posted poem. I think Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson would have written lyrics for our current situation!
> 
> Consequences of Koyaanisqatsi: a Lamentation
> (Life out of balance-a Native American Hopi word)
> (Dedicated to Pete Seeger & Joe Hickerson)
> 
> Where have all the flowers gone
> The flowers gone
> The flowers gone
> Where have all the flowers gone
> Under concrete everyone
> When will we ever learn
> Ever learn
> Ever learn
> 
> Where have all the forests gone
> The forests gone
> The forests gone
> Where have all the forests gone
> Burned to ashes everyone
> When will we ever learn
> Ever learn
> Ever learn
> 
> Where have all the grasslands gone
> The grasslands gone
> The grasslands gone
> Where have all the grasslands gone
> Gone to desert every one
> When will we ever learn
> Ever learn
> Ever learn
> 
> Where have all the oceans gone
> The oceans gone
> The oceans gone
> Where have all the oceans gone
> Full of acid every one
> When will we ever learn
> Ever learn
> Ever learn
> 
> Where have all the species gone
> The species gone
> The species gone
> Where have all the species gone
> To extinction every one
> When will we ever learn
> Ever learn
> Ever learn
> 
> Where have all the humans gone
> The humans gone
> The humans gone
> Where have all the humans gone
> Joined the species every one
> When will we ever learn 
> Ever learn 
> Ever learn
> 
> Where has all the concrete gone
> The concrete gone
> The concrete gone
> Where has all the concrete gone
> Sprouting flowers in the sun
> No time then left to learn
> No time to learn
> No time to learn
> 
> Milan Hamilton
> March 30, 2021
> 
> 
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