X-tinct Friends
How long will the world of A-Z thrive?90 total reviews
Comment from KelinaJ
Awww. A red panda. They look so much like racoons!
Good presentation and color scheme. Excellent and varied vocabulary to meet the a-z requirements of the style.
You pose a valid question and offer a creative commentary.
Excellent.
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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Awww. A red panda. They look so much like racoons!
Good presentation and color scheme. Excellent and varied vocabulary to meet the a-z requirements of the style.
You pose a valid question and offer a creative commentary.
Excellent.
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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I'm glad you like this one - thank you!!
Comment from earthlybeing
This is a very deep poem and so very sad and real. Humans in their greed are causing so much pollution and destruction that it may already be too late to fix. Thanks, Jeanette
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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This is a very deep poem and so very sad and real. Humans in their greed are causing so much pollution and destruction that it may already be too late to fix. Thanks, Jeanette
Comment Written 16-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 16-Oct-2008
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thank you , Jeanette - I hope people can fix this all!
Comment from joan marie
Sometimes I think we will be the first to go. We are too arrogant. We are not always the top of the food chain. It breaks my heart that we have to have preserves just to keep a species alive. I have a great respect for Jane Goodall and the other women who have devoted their lives to this cause. A poignant write. joan marie
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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Sometimes I think we will be the first to go. We are too arrogant. We are not always the top of the food chain. It breaks my heart that we have to have preserves just to keep a species alive. I have a great respect for Jane Goodall and the other women who have devoted their lives to this cause. A poignant write. joan marie
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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thanks so much - I love Goodall too.
Comment from dianphillips
I hate to keep repeating myself, but this is another surprisingly good piece. I'm impressed with the way that you are not using the same phrases or words over and over again. The piece stays fresh throughout. Good job!
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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I hate to keep repeating myself, but this is another surprisingly good piece. I'm impressed with the way that you are not using the same phrases or words over and over again. The piece stays fresh throughout. Good job!
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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thanks so very much :-)
Comment from Fish
Yeah, if there were just ten thousand of those
greedy little bastards running around on the
planet sans the other six billion, there wouldn't
be a problem at all. Funny though how several
million greedy bastards can wipe out a planet
and its billions of inhabitants in nearly the
blink of an eye, cosmologically speaking.
At the end of your poem, you asked a question
and supplied an answer. Is the answer: zero
possibility of survival or the extinction of
our species is not possible? I hope the latter
(or, at the very least, not any time in the near
future) because I'm not ready to part with the twelve
string guitar I just picked up and started to play.
Excellent poem! Yours, Fish
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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Yeah, if there were just ten thousand of those
greedy little bastards running around on the
planet sans the other six billion, there wouldn't
be a problem at all. Funny though how several
million greedy bastards can wipe out a planet
and its billions of inhabitants in nearly the
blink of an eye, cosmologically speaking.
At the end of your poem, you asked a question
and supplied an answer. Is the answer: zero
possibility of survival or the extinction of
our species is not possible? I hope the latter
(or, at the very least, not any time in the near
future) because I'm not ready to part with the twelve
string guitar I just picked up and started to play.
Excellent poem! Yours, Fish
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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I think your guitar playing days are safe - I'm not so sure about your great grandchild's guitar playing days - zero is just a haunting possibility should we not get our act together. Thank you for your usual witty response. I do, you realize, look forward to your reviews, which stand out from those of all my kind lady friends. :-)
Comment from Penpal
This piece speaks to the heart of the reader. The sadness of extinction because of mankind's blunders, and uncaring attributes is what evolving has become.
Mass Murder.
Nihilism. ...
this really hits my eyes. A herring roe season here where I live rapes the waters of millions of eggs. It takes 10 years for a herring to reach mature age, yet we fish them for their eggs. The most horrible thing about this is that herring are the main food for larger fish and mammals as they travel in schools. We are obliterating the whole species, but we are also taking food from all the living larger creatures in the seas. Absolutely unfathomable. Greed, these eggs reap a high price, the Japanese cherish them as delicacies, and now their waters are bare, they pay big dollars to get our's. And yes, we succumb to the dollar.
Oh, I could go on and on.
I kind of enjoyed your poem. It made me angry. The greed in the world is making it extinct.
Penpal
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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This piece speaks to the heart of the reader. The sadness of extinction because of mankind's blunders, and uncaring attributes is what evolving has become.
Mass Murder.
Nihilism. ...
this really hits my eyes. A herring roe season here where I live rapes the waters of millions of eggs. It takes 10 years for a herring to reach mature age, yet we fish them for their eggs. The most horrible thing about this is that herring are the main food for larger fish and mammals as they travel in schools. We are obliterating the whole species, but we are also taking food from all the living larger creatures in the seas. Absolutely unfathomable. Greed, these eggs reap a high price, the Japanese cherish them as delicacies, and now their waters are bare, they pay big dollars to get our's. And yes, we succumb to the dollar.
Oh, I could go on and on.
I kind of enjoyed your poem. It made me angry. The greed in the world is making it extinct.
Penpal
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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what a thoughtful and informative commentary - thank you so very much for sharing :-)
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This is one of my pet peaves. I just can
Comment from Aussie
Steward by name and Steward by my nature. Loved your poem and totally agree with the annilation of God's gifts to mankind.It has gone too far and we cannot turn the clock backwards; it is now that we must try to stop the slaughter, can we? Good subject and well written.
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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Steward by name and Steward by my nature. Loved your poem and totally agree with the annilation of God's gifts to mankind.It has gone too far and we cannot turn the clock backwards; it is now that we must try to stop the slaughter, can we? Good subject and well written.
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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thank you very very much :-)
Comment from Paradox Tremors
Man, another great write in the "A-Z world." I just can't see how you can do this so well and it all make sense. My hat is off to you my friend--you truly are talented.
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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Man, another great write in the "A-Z world." I just can't see how you can do this so well and it all make sense. My hat is off to you my friend--you truly are talented.
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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I am most honored by your flattering words, and most appreciative that you would take the time to make me feel good :-)
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The truth is the truth.
Comment from Nanny 6
This poem was a little different, but, again, you found the right words to say to get your point across. We are not really good stewards of the planet, so it seems today, maybe our future generation will take over where we messed up so badly...Good read! Judy
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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This poem was a little different, but, again, you found the right words to say to get your point across. We are not really good stewards of the planet, so it seems today, maybe our future generation will take over where we messed up so badly...Good read! Judy
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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I hope your faith in the future generation is justified :-) thank you!
Comment from nora arjuna
Hi Brooke, you're surely having fun with this form, you must a having a great collection by now and are able to make them into a book. It's sad to see our friends becoming x-tint. It's good if everyone consider them as friends.
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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Hi Brooke, you're surely having fun with this form, you must a having a great collection by now and are able to make them into a book. It's sad to see our friends becoming x-tint. It's good if everyone consider them as friends.
Comment Written 15-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 15-Oct-2008
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thanks so much for your kind review - I appreciate your encouragement :-)
