A Dry Savannah Poem by Ernestine Northover

The peoples of such plains have a circle of life that needs to be kept intact, too many abuse this ballance and maybe at natures peril, we must try and learn from this Thankyou for sharing this great poem Love duncan X

Great write Ernestine.Full of description of life on the arid veldt and mans folly in greed through exploitation. Best wishes, Sid John xxx

Evokes clearly the cruelty man resorts to so easily, and the tragedy of its cost to nature and to man. Excellent poem.

Your poem encapsulates the savage beauty of such a harsh environment. The unnecessary slaughter of animals for the tourist trade is unforgivable. Love this line in particular: 'Roasting land of the blood red stain' Justine.

This is a super poem and really appealed to me - I think you have captured one of the essences of Africa and contradictions too... Thank-you for this wonderful piece of art, Steve

A very important topic which you have managed to capture very well, nicely done thankyou for the read. a well earned 10. Kind Regards David

EXCELLENT! ! what an amazing piece of work...i love how you reference 'Afrikaaner', as not european inhabitants, but instead the beautiful beasts that are being slain by the fake 'afrikaaners''s.....great job 10/10

Creations of beautiful vivid images. A wonderful detailed poem. I enjoyed reading this marvelously penned nature poem.

What a fine descriptive poem, it feels like I'm there. '10' Andrew x

very fine piece of written poetry. loved it. How would man like it, if they put him on an island. with no gun, and had animals hunt him down for the kill, let man know what it is like. or better yet, have man hunt man down for the kill. In the old days man had to hunt for his meat, but not today. The ivory tusk that they get from those Elephants is very cruel indedd, i wish something could be done. you wrote a very good one here Ernestine, something had to be said, good one.