Land Rape Earth Rape Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

Who cares what colour your skin
when you land rape earth rape
cut down pristine life giving forest
in the name of corporate profit
leaving but dust legacy mudslides.

Weep child the mighty totara is cut down fallen
no longer forests thick stretching 120 feet high
above dense canopy bird song broadleaf trees
linear sharp pointed leaves dark green-brownish
female totara flowers red swollen nut embedded.

Weep forests are ripped apart globally
who will purchase trees preserve forest
purchase inheritance diverse ecosystems
leave tress growing for children to explore
for friends descendants future generations?

Golden Totara your bark pattern is earth skin.


Tō tara (podocarpus totara) is a beautiful tree endemic to New Zealand.
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See also the poem ‘Forests Of Growing Green Gold’ by Terence George Craddock