A Soulful Plea Poem by Valsa George

A Soulful Plea

Rating: 5.0


A tiny speck in the vast cosmic framework
Planet Earth, the most beautiful of God's handiwork
Is the only known habitation to all creation
Graciously bequeathed to generation after generation

Poets sang paeans celebrating her charm
All creatures thrived knowing no harm
The songsters sang melodies from every tree
The beasts freely roamed the forests in glee

Earth that once shone in all her pristine glory
Has now become a dreary, desert territory
All her wealth is looted by man's endless greed
To stop this ravage, she does silently plead

We prey on her as on a corpse by a ravenous vulture
Hoarding wealth by all means has become our culture
We rape, we pillage and ooze out her blood
Suck her life sap to the point of casting her dead

Earth is now turned into a vast garbage can
Rising pollution dimming her original glean
To man and beast, it turns into a living hell
In all attentive ears falls her resounding knell

All creatures, move slowly to their doom
With rising carbon, soot and yellow fume
Many species face imminent extinction
And life moves fast to a critical junction

Know, only through Earth's hearty grace
Survival n' sustenance is possible for human race
‘Save Mother Earth'! ‘Don't leave her a grave yard'!
This is the soulful plea from a grieving bard.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This is a poem written for the Poetry project- Poets Unite Worldwide by Dr. Fabrizio Frosini where poets from far and wide voice their thoughts on topics of current relevance. The topic of the collection this time was- Planet Earth
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Nosheen Irfan 16 March 2017

A wonderful piece of writing. I'm glad to find it's part of an anthology. A powerful plea to the mankind to wake up before it's too late. What humans have been doing to earth demands a serious action to revert it. We have been too reckless. It's time to make amends. A beautiful n meaningful write. A10.

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Nasarudheen Parameswaran 16 March 2017

It is a nice persuasive poem with rhyme scheme.

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Savita Tyagi 16 March 2017

Beautiful poem with poignant message. I read it earlier on forum. These meaningful poetry projects is something we all can be proud of. Thanks to Dr Babrizio Frosini.

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Muhammad Ali 18 March 2017

yes.. a serious most matter. man isn't destroying earth but humanity. man is nothing without earth.

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Susan Williams 20 March 2017

All creatures, move slowly to their doom With rising carbon, soot and yellow fume Many species face imminent extinction And life moves fast to a critical junction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If only those people in power the world over would take a good look at what the scientists are seeing, measuring, predicting we might still have time to save our planet Earth... but the time is fast approaching that we cannot turn the ravages around. Well said, Valsa. A soulful plea, indeed.

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Robert Murray Smith 22 July 2018

There is no doubt we are waste-mongers leaving a legacy of pollution to other generations. Every poem of this type is important.+++10

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Robert Murray Smith 05 July 2018

A poignant write, Valsa. We who are on the way out hope that future generations will ameliorate the destruction. One positive is the Earth has resilience and she needs it.++10

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Loke Kok Yee 10 February 2018

Man's avarice knows no bounds This, you have clearly expound While nature watch and bewail Man continue to assail And Nature's course to derail Thanks Valsa.

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Akhtar Jawad 03 April 2017

Earth is now turned into a vast garbage can Rising pollution dimming her original glean To man and beast, it turns into a living hell In all attentive ears falls her resounding knell....................................Valsa Gerge is always great.

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 02 April 2017

Yours indeed is a beautiful, meaningful, precious contribution to the poetry project - Planet Earth. Your writing is touchingly descriptive and the bard's deep anguish pours out through each word of the poem (10) .

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