Till There Is Nothing
Must it be, to find tranquility,
our search must be beyond
the reach of hands that spoil
the land till there is nothing
more than barren waste?
We hasten our demise, the seas
and forests soon like the moon,
little more than a dream.
My mind immediately turned to the Sea of Tranquility when I saw the prompt from Lillian at dVerse … the most beautiful words are … which is to write a quadrille (a 44-word poem that does not require meter or rhyme) using tranquility.
Image: full moon, 22 November 2018
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Funny that a few of us thought of this. I hope Earth will live as the Blue Planet, even if we make it uninhabitable for us.
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The same her, and thank you Merril. Your comment inspired me to write another quadrille.
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Sadly so Ken, well stated in a short space.
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Thanks, Paul.
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Poignant and yes, very sad.
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Indeed. Very sad.
Thank you.
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You’ve fit a lot into 44 words. And the rhyme and meter add impact to your well chosen words.
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Thank you.
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The moon was my immediate reaction to the word tranquility too. Will our seas become like the ones on the moon? Like Merril, I hope they will survive us for other beings who will take better care. (K)
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Thanks, Kerfe. It’s sad to think that that’s what it will take.
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The world is very sad these days.
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Our earth these days, with the 24/7 news cycles and environmental havoc, leaders who deny….will she succumb? Will we (in the very collective sense) be her demise? I love the last three lines most especially.
Glad you linked this one up! 🙂
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Thank you, Lillian. I don’t necessarily like to have a dark theme, but, like everyone else, the environment has been on my mind. 🙂
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I wonder if there is anything within reach out there (part of me hopes and part of me fears that)
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Let’s go with hope.
Thanks, Björn.
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