Had we only raked the forest floors
we could have stopped the fires.
If we built a higher wall,
tear gas wouldn’t cross the border.
There is no global warming;
can’t you feel the cold rain
falling on the fallen?
Anger rakes across my senses,
fire ravages my gut.
Walls can’t contain the pain
or hold back the tears.
The earth burns with desperation
as hearts grow ever colder.
And all the while, it is snowing in Russia.
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Rake the forests, build a wall. God save us all from the Orange Head,
Beautiful poem, it says it all.
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Thank you. If only it weren’t so.
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The way you have used contrast works well for this poem. There are so many “if only’s” in life. This brings it home.
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Thank you.
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I adore the last line.
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Thank you.
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“The world is on fire & Trump is playing with matches.” indeed. What other President has been truly a “fucking moron” who wants to be king? He has shown us that once anyone is in office, he is close to untouchable. Are we lucky that he has shown us the innocent naive underbelly of democracy? Will he be the architect of some unending dystopian nightmare of a future? If we impeach him, won’t the Senate save him? Won’t he pardon all the king’s crooks? Questions with answers.
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Only untouchable when democracy trades in its backbone for complicit cover ups. They will all fall, but will the damage they’ve done be reparable?
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What a fine and harrowing expression of our ravaging Trumpster fire Maggie. Maybe that orange head will spontaneous combust…
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One can always hope.
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It’s frightening, the inferno and the cold hearts.
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Indeed, it is.
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Methinks the snow in Russia looks a lot like money…
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Very possibly.
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I feel your pain, and anger and frustration. You are very good at this. 🙂 Also he is very, very bad!
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Thank you. And yes, he is.
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your poet’s voice speaks for many people.
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Sadly so.
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“Anger rakes across my senses,
fire ravages my gut.” expresses a sense of helplessness at what’s happening for me. it’s like the fire (destruction) that’s gotten out of control
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A sense of helplessness, perhaps, but only until the rage kicks in. Thanks for commenting 🙂
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Very good poem of interesting contrasts!
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Thank you.
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right and wrong played against nature’s might, how can we win, we are but defenseless and only greedy humans beings – beautifully penned
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Thank you.
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i Heard EartH Praying Tonight.. Yes..
i am Listening.. Watching.. too..
For A Fire Of Inoculation…
Virus of
Human
Culture As Such
A Nice Naked
Species they were….
Before
A Fall
of Clothes…
Then.. Comb Over From Hell..;)
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Comb over from hell… I like that!
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Haha! Thanks!..;)
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We live in a burnt world now, no poem not browned and curling in from the edges. But we can vote. And write burning poems!
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We certainly can! And pray for the rain to come and wash it all away.
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I love the passion and irony in this and how it’s tightly written (each word counts).
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Thank you.
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I love the emotions that ignite in the 2nd stanza. Very passionate.
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Thank you. Infernos can’t help but be passionate.
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I like this descriptive line of the situation: “The earth burns with desperation”
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Thank you.
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For a president like this there are simply just two alternatives… either he is too stupid to understand basic concepts or he is too dishonest…. both alternatives are scary… (but I tend to believe that he is a crook).
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I believe he is both. Plus a total lack of empathy.
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This is so well done and drives home the absurdity of 45’s actions and statements. I believe he is both stupid and dishonest, and we are seeing what a dangerous combination those are, especially in a President.
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I totally agree. I might say ignorant and immoral, though.
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Yes, all of the above…
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Fire burns in me every time I hear that idiot speak. Imagine reading a scientific report, proof of climate change, and human fault, and simply denying it. Great poem, Maggie!
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Thank you. I wouldn’t assume he read the report. I think his response was something along the lines that he “saw” the report, but his “gut” tells him it’s all wrong. With a gut like his, there’s no need to read, apparently.
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