Good Poetry

We Celebrate the Web of Life by Alicia S. Carpenter (1930 - 1990)

We celebrate the web of life,
It's magnitude we sing;
For we can see divinity
In every living thing.

A fragment of the perfect whole
In cactus and in quail,
As much in tiny barnacle
As in the great blue whale.

Of ancient dreams we are the sum;
Our bones link stone to star,
And bind our future worlds to come
With worlds that were and are.

Respect the water, land, and air
Which gave al creatures birth;
Protect the lives of all that share
In glory of the earth.

Children of the Human Race by John Andrew Storey

Children of the human race,
Offspring of our Mother Earth,
Not alone in endless space
Has our planet given birth.

Far across the cosmic skies
Countless suns in glory blaze,
And from untold planets rise
Endless canticles of praise.

Should some sign of others reach
This our lonely planet earth,
Differences of form and speech
Must not hide our common worth.

When at length our minds are free,
And the clouds of fear disperse,
Then at last we'll learn to be
Children of the Universe.

In Time of Silver Rain by Langston Hughes(1902 - 1967)

In time of silver rain
The earth puts forth new life again
Green grasses grow and
Flowers lift their heads, and all
Over the plains the wonder spreads
Of life, of life, of life!

In time of silver rain
The butterflies lift silken wings,
And trees put forth new leaves
To sing in joy beneath the sky
In time of silver rain,
When spring and life are new.

I Am Only One by Edward Everett Hale

I am only one
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

THE CRY OF THE EARTH

You cut down my trees without a care
You belch your smoke into the air
You pollute my rivers, you poison my sea
Don't you hear me when I cry, "You're hurting me!"?

With aerosols and pesticides you gaily spray around
In house and garden, where ever life is found
When you kill the fly you kill the bee
Can't you here me when I cry, "You're hurting me!"?

My fauna you kill for your sport
My rarest species count for naught
With the damage you do, can't you see?
You're hurting yourselves when you hurt me.

You could have a paradise here on earth
If you treated me right and valued my worth
Stop acid rain falling on plant and tree
Please here me when I cry, "You're hurting me!"