Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Poetry --  Well, it has been an awfully long time since I shared any of my published poetry. I thought I'd toss one of my favorites in the genre of "environment". I always thought it would make a good song. lol A couple of my poems have been, actually, made into songs via local musicians. Interestingly, so had my late-father-in-law's poetry. Anyway this one is about the environment and can be found on page 120 of the first book of poetry I'd written:  Towards Understanding (3rd edition).  If you look to the left side bar on this blog you'll see links to our books in both e-book and print.  How can they be so cruel? Yeah, I heard from a friend Mother Earth's life will end.  In explosions of death, sorrow and pain. And they tell me the cause is men. How can they be so cruel? Yeah they hurt her, and purge her, They burn her, and poison her rain, They chop her down, right down to the ground. Tell me why aren't they ash...