* The Swine Flu Of Earth * Poem by ANJALI SINHA

* The Swine Flu Of Earth *

Rating: 3.8


From whence come a swine flu
Still all are groping for a clue.
Oh Lofty Heavens! How come it
invades human race
Unless they too have become
swine’s own image.

The Human too
has infested the hallowed
frame of earth.
He is destroying the tree- earth’s lungs
He is polluting ocean- earth’s blood
He is hollowing mountains- earth’s bones
And excavating minerals- earth’s tissue
This swine flu of earth
is swarming, encircling and
suffocating earth’s breath.

This wretched leeches or earth influenza virus
sucks and gnaws the body of Gaia
Born to deface
God’s grace.
Is he really worth his salt
or God’s mind-boggling fault.

Anjali
12-08-2009

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Deborah Cromer 20 August 2009

Wow. This poem takes the stand. Written straight out and upfront. Says it to the point and then some! Good lines and great words, powerful piece of work. DC

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Braja K Sarkar 24 August 2009

Very much relevant & thoughtful poem..Thanks Anjali

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Mystic Indian 24 August 2009

9/10 for capitalizing and rendering an interesting view on the topical and Is he really worth his salt or God’s mind-boggling fault. 10++ for the masterful rendering and the brilliant closure i've read in ages. you get my vote too. Way to go, Gal!

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Farah Aliah 25 August 2009

Awesome..You are telling people what to do in a good way.10++++++++++++

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G. Murdock 08 September 2009

this is a great poem about epedemic and pollution. The miracle of the great mother earth is her ability to cope and transform and she has had inhospitable years of barreness and infertility. She has shaken and bled her molten core upon the surface as Pelee' and from her eruptions of temper the islands of paradise arose. Humans can do little to hurt the great mother of us all. After our kind others will come and so on. We are not the worst that has come and the great earth mother will only tolerate our insolence for awhile. We are killing ourselves and future generations and for that the earth mother cries. If you think of the few moments mankind has been here compared to the trillions of moments the earth has been here, we've done nothing to hurt mother earth.

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Ken E Hall 01 April 2011

Plenty of swines on this earth who are not pigs..love the gist of this poem we must pull our aims up to look after the planet+++++10... coincedence I have the flu for 2 weeks now caught it in Hongkong...maybe stir fry germs...regards

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Anjali Sinha 09 June 2010

As told by Judy Meibach From: Judy Meibach (New York United States; Female; 49) To: Anjali Sinha Date Time: 6/8/2010 11: 58: 00 AM (GMT -6: 00) Subject: Swine Flu I liked the title of this piece - as I realize that the swine flu affects us here in the states as it has affected you down under - your correlation of us as swine was interesting - and the choices of words that you used was great.

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Ravi Sathasivam 02 December 2009

Well expressed poem with strong and powerful words. Hope, everyone gets this message soon. Thanks

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Dr. Kolitha Lelwala 20 November 2009

Obviously humanes have become swine's own emage. nice poem,

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Aprajita Rana 19 October 2009

very contemporary it was a very good way to wake humans and alert them about what they are doing

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