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Neglected Nature

July 5, 2012
By caitiekate GOLD, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
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caitiekate GOLD, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
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"Do what you want, not what you can." --Me

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Cities, cars zooming, traffic,
honks, beeps, squawks, shouts,
buildings tall, smoke suffocating
people, people, people, people
in their own worlds, never knowing, never seeing
me,
just a small green sprout no longer admired.

Alligator purse, 12 inch heels, hoop-dee hoop earrings,
bling, blang, bleck,
Cadillac, Limousine, boat, horse,
big house on the ocean,
lap dogs barking, sleeping, eating
me,
just a stupid green meaningless weed.

Ring, ring, ring, beep, buzz,
ads, talking moving screens,
bursts of color, sound, music?
engaging, intriguing, addicting, entertaining
people, people, people, people
walking by and sometimes stepping on
me,
just a dying plant no longer cared for,
no longer admired.

© Allison S., Eau Claire, WI

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caitiekate GOLD said...
on Jul. 25 2012 at 3:33 pm
caitiekate GOLD, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
16 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do what you want, not what you can." --Me

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thank you!! ya, I can definitley add another stanza or so... with just those three parts i felt it was enough to capture how technology has taken over more natual things...that's again for your comment (:
DanielM SILVER said...
on Jul. 25 2012 at 10:53 am
DanielM SILVER, Kent, Washington
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&quot;I would rather hated million times for what i did then loved a million times for what i didn&#039;t do.&quot; - Daniel Moto<br /> &quot; I&#039;ve sought out to be the best i could posibly be but when i hit a roadblock in life what did i do, i had two choices either stay at the roadblock or i take this roadblock and make of it and go around it and achieve my goal. So, what will it be?&quot;- Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &quot;People take love like its a four letter word or just a phrase that you tell people or your friends all the time. But in reality love is much bigger than a merely phrase or 4 letter word. Instead love is a genuine promise or covenant to that special person.&quot;-Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;Why change yourself when you were made perfect and wonderfully by the creator of everything?&rdquo; &ndash; Daniel Mathia <br /> <br /> &ldquo;If live is not hurtin then were really not living in.&rdquo; &ndash; B. Reith

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Great poem. I really like how you repeat yourself. I like how your talking about the city and how you have to look a certain way to fit in. great message. Suggestion: Try maybe to expand more on this poem
caitiekate GOLD said...
on Jul. 19 2012 at 7:53 pm
caitiekate GOLD, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
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Thank you!!!!! That's exactly what I was going for. I'm glad you understand it too (: (: Please check out some of my other stuff to see if you like it...it may be longer than this poem though haha!!
caitiekate GOLD said...
on Jul. 19 2012 at 7:51 pm
caitiekate GOLD, Hopkinton, New Hampshire
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&quot;Do what you want, not what you can.&quot; --Me

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Thanks! I was trying to capture the fast-moving pace that the world has become. Always going always caught up in technology. (: It's sad...haha
Thecuddlywhatsit BRONZE said...
on Jul. 19 2012 at 11:07 am
Thecuddlywhatsit BRONZE, Raleigh, North Carolina
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this. is. so. good. it really communicates how hummanity needs to take time to stop and smell the roses.
youngspeare BRONZE said...
on Jul. 19 2012 at 10:34 am
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We wouldn&#039;t ask a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals; in turn we&#039;d all celebrate its tenacity, we&#039;d all love tz will to reach the sun well we are the roses n these are my damaged petals don&#039;t ask me why thank God and ask me how

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Great piece. What I like about it is the small repitions they emphasize a lot..
Keep writing Kate 
:)
albinotiger GOLD said...
on Jul. 17 2012 at 6:33 pm
albinotiger GOLD, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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great job and totally true HEY CAITIE I LOVE YOU!!!!!