Tag: nature
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The poem explores the concept of “native” as an identity tied to feeling and connection, in contrast to the modern world’s suppression of these senses. The author notes the hypocrisy of those who claim to understand the term “native” while disconnecting themselves from nature and history. Ultimately, the author expresses…
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+ belonging, colonialism, connection, feeling, freedom, humanity, identity, modernism, nature, spirituality+
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The poem challenges the notion that darkness equals death, using the imagery of two trees at night that appear lifeless. It argues that this perception is deceiving, as the darkness is actually full of hidden life, from worms in the ground and nesting birds to the vital flow of “juices”…
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+ Appearance vs. Reality, Change, Darkness, Death, Duality, Hidden Life, life, nature, Night, perception, Rebirth, vitality+
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I have recently seen a death of a beautiful deer on my morning route while driving. I couldn’t get it out of my head, so decided to write something about it. Wreathing death and decay,On morning’s pavement, like debris it lay.Once full of life — now no more,Eyes glance past…
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+ animal death, compassion, death and decay, emotional poetry, fatal accident, free verse, grief, human impact, innocence lost, life and death, loss, morning reflections, mourning, nature, poetic storytelling, poetry, roadkill, roadside poem, tragedy, urban wildlife+
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Partly inspired by Jack Reacher (a character from my series), partly by the abandoned farms in the Highlands connected to the Clearances, partly by how I see travelling — leaving no trace behind — and partly because I really wanted midges to appear in the poem. Coignafeainternach.Monadhliath track.Wind skims the…
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GPGP or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A huge surface plastic island, we all do not want to think about. We don’t, but there are people, who do. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) spans 617,763 sq miles – more than twice the size of France, and contains at least…
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