Earth Poem by Bhaswat Chakraborty

Earth

Rating: 5.0


Holding the seas, boasting the mountains
You invaded the sky with grace and glory
Tolerating the wild, keeping all terrains
Mother earth, what is your story?

The brutes, the beasts tear you apart
You smile and watch in quiet silence
They quarry, they blast your tender heart
Whence do you find (such) abiding patience?

You mentor the growth of all of life
Alike – gentle or rough, feral or tame
You nurture the seed, you foster the strife
You devour the dirty, you support the lame
You secure the weak – compassion’s allegory
Tell me mother Earth, what is your story?

Mother, do you cry for the modern man?
You precocious yet short sighted child
Developments of all sorts he would plan
At any obstacle, he is riled
Blind sighted, he’s ruined your balance
But he would deny that in legal parlance
His liberalism hides his greed so well
At any hint of guilt, he’d yell
Mother, you protect him too, and his factory
Tell us dear, tell us your story

Mother Earth, tell us your story
Of your love and of also your fury!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sherri Coulter 17 September 2009

...I shall say only...I love my boys MOTHER EARTH 10/10

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C. P. Sharma 18 September 2009

Great poetry. A genuine outcry of mother's soul. CP

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Ken E Hall 18 September 2009

The earth's autobiographry spelt out as it is the truth great poem realy telling man he better watch out++++10 regards

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Lynn Glover 18 September 2009

A very fine poem about mother earth. I enjoyed the read. Lynn

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Lady Grace 19 September 2009

earth..oh earth your ground is rich fertlized and cultivated for our needs..

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Jen Capaldi 11 October 2009

a very observant and cleverly written narrative poem about the conservation of the earth and the damage we do unwttingly to harm it every day. the personification of the earth potential thoughts and feeling used in this poem is fantastic. the drive behind the poem is very insightful. well versed and well written, my friend. absoutely a 10++++ Jen

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Rahul Sharma 27 September 2009

YOU ARE A GOOD POET................ WITH GOOD IDEAS

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Ratnaprabha Raykar 23 September 2009

this is an elegant piece on mother earth ur personification of mother earth makes it very hearttouching. i too have written a poem on mother earth, please read and comment it

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Rup Pokharel 21 September 2009

Bhaswat If the Mother earth would hear the language we speak, see the activity on her lap i would tell her to sense the following lines first; Mother, do you cry for the modern man? You precocious yet short sighted child Developments of all sorts he would plan At any obstacle, he is riled Good art.10++

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Ravi Sathasivam 21 September 2009

A great poem about our mother earth. Well said and a meaningful poem Enjoyed reading it 10+

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