Blue Coffin
Brown burial in blue box.98 total reviews
Comment from DR DIP
A sad topic to write on but it speaks a warning, an awareness that we of this magnificent planet should take heed and understand the significance of its devastation
I loves this poem and its structural layout thanks for sharing with us .
dip
reply by the author on 31-Mar-2016
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A sad topic to write on but it speaks a warning, an awareness that we of this magnificent planet should take heed and understand the significance of its devastation
I loves this poem and its structural layout thanks for sharing with us .
dip
Comment Written 30-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 31-Mar-2016
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Thank you, DIP, for your generous, six star review of my poem on "a sad topic." I am glad you noted the "structural layout."
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well deserved
dip
Comment from michaelcahill
This is just terrific. I love how specific it is and the intimate interactions involved. It serves to underscore in a dramatic way the interconnectedness of all of nature of which unfortunately mankind is a part of. Each insult we inflict has a ripple effect and by now it's one huge endless serious of rings enveloping the Earth. How to fix? I don't know. It sure seems daunting. A great project. An honor to serve with you. Super job. mikey
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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This is just terrific. I love how specific it is and the intimate interactions involved. It serves to underscore in a dramatic way the interconnectedness of all of nature of which unfortunately mankind is a part of. Each insult we inflict has a ripple effect and by now it's one huge endless serious of rings enveloping the Earth. How to fix? I don't know. It sure seems daunting. A great project. An honor to serve with you. Super job. mikey
Comment Written 30-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Yes, michaelcahill, "Each insult we inflict has a ripple effect and by now it's one huge endless series of rings enveloping the Earth." Reviewers in Canada, Spain, England, and throughout America have reported that their trees are dying because of these fungus borne bark beetles. I do not know how to fix this and it sure seems daunting. I am glad you love how my poem is specific and intimate. Thank you for your review. It is an honor to serve with you on this project, too.
Comment from Leineco
What a horrific consequence! The picture you have attached left my mouth agape!! I come from upstate New York - in the Catskills. The thought of going "home" and finding my beloved hillsides brown instead of their signature evergreen will give me nightmares.
Dutch Elm disease was also the work of bark beetle fungi (though I don't recall any blue coloration being involved).
Your closing lines
...you wonder if anyone will be left
to build you a blue coffin
was so prophetic and frightening!
Will this be mankind's eventual demise? Death by lack of resources????
Like the dinosaurs that reigned before us, will we succumb to a befouled and deadened environment? And will it be mankind's doing. . .not a comet's?
Excellent addition to the book Sis Cat!
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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What a horrific consequence! The picture you have attached left my mouth agape!! I come from upstate New York - in the Catskills. The thought of going "home" and finding my beloved hillsides brown instead of their signature evergreen will give me nightmares.
Dutch Elm disease was also the work of bark beetle fungi (though I don't recall any blue coloration being involved).
Your closing lines
...you wonder if anyone will be left
to build you a blue coffin
was so prophetic and frightening!
Will this be mankind's eventual demise? Death by lack of resources????
Like the dinosaurs that reigned before us, will we succumb to a befouled and deadened environment? And will it be mankind's doing. . .not a comet's?
Excellent addition to the book Sis Cat!
Comment Written 30-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Yes, Leineco, the consequences are horrific. Reviewers have written to me from Canada, England, Spain, Arizona, and Nebraska to report that their trees are dying from these fungus-carrying bark beetles. I do not know how this will end but the blue coffin is "so prophetic and frightening!" Thank you for your review.
Comment from Sandisan
A very enlightening poem on the plight of our trees. I can sense the passion for nature as you wrote this. Your poem speaks volumes for climate change and I felt quite sad about the trees reading it. Very good writing when you evoke strong emotions from the reader.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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A very enlightening poem on the plight of our trees. I can sense the passion for nature as you wrote this. Your poem speaks volumes for climate change and I felt quite sad about the trees reading it. Very good writing when you evoke strong emotions from the reader.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Thank you, Sandisan, for your heartfelt review of my poem that "speaks volumes for climate change." I am glad it evoked strong emotions in you.
Comment from scd41
Your poem on the havoc caused by climatic changes is as saddening as the author notes are informative. Instead of fighting the crisis on a war footing, it is a mockery of human ingenuity to talk of recycling the dead wood trees for making ironically blue coffins.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Your poem on the havoc caused by climatic changes is as saddening as the author notes are informative. Instead of fighting the crisis on a war footing, it is a mockery of human ingenuity to talk of recycling the dead wood trees for making ironically blue coffins.
Comment Written 30-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Yes, scd41, I am shocked that people are profiting from these dead trees instead of thinking of ways to stop trees from fighting. Reviewers in Arizona, Nebraska, Alberta, Canada, and England have all reported that their trees are dying or dead because of these bark beetles. This is a global problem that deserves " fighting the crisis on a war footing." Thank you for your review.
Comment from Caressa_08
Well I hope I don't find these on my evergreens, in the city and sure have a lot here, and in a place I have out in the country. Though, I live in central and, too, northern Illinois. Still need to check to make sure.
Thanks, so much for your informative, and striking presentation about really what it boils down what is killing these forest trees and other places, the blue larvae..I sure wish the US government and Canada will come up with a solution soon, before all these beautiful trees all die, and have to be used for blue caskets, instead.
Thanks for Sharing, and God Bless...Caressa_08
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Well I hope I don't find these on my evergreens, in the city and sure have a lot here, and in a place I have out in the country. Though, I live in central and, too, northern Illinois. Still need to check to make sure.
Thanks, so much for your informative, and striking presentation about really what it boils down what is killing these forest trees and other places, the blue larvae..I sure wish the US government and Canada will come up with a solution soon, before all these beautiful trees all die, and have to be used for blue caskets, instead.
Thanks for Sharing, and God Bless...Caressa_08
Comment Written 29-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Caressa, last year authorities in your State of Illinois gave up battling the emerald ash borer which is killing the ash trees in your state. Here is an article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-emerald-ash-borer-quarantine-lifted-met-20151021-story.html
Reviewers in Canada, England, Spain, Nebraska, and Arizona report that beetles and their fungus are killing their trees. I am glad you found my poem informative. Thank you for your review.
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Thanks so much for your kind reply...Yes, Illinois is cutting so many programs, because they owe so much money and have been corrupt for so long....With one governor just got out of prison & a recent one, still in there * past histories of mismanagement...Now, unfortunately I see from your reply, they are eliminating their effort to curb this the ash tree from dying off from this insect infestastion...It doesn't surprise me.
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I think you might of got my reply, I accidentally sent it before I could spell check on it, that is, if you got it...
Anyways..Well yes, Illinois is just one of those poor states, though I think my evergreens are not in so bad shape,,,And the poor ash tree population need some biologists, etc to really find a cure for this terrible disease, possible in another state,,cause IL wouldn't have any money to pay one, at present.
Comment from Jay Squires
You pen your stanza-by -stanza slow development of your poem up to the last stanza which strikes like a fist in the gut:
And you think of the dead trees
to be recycled this way;
and of the customers on this planet;
and you wonder if anyone will be left
to build you a blue coffin.
This is a powerful poem, Andre!
reply by the author on 31-Mar-2016
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You pen your stanza-by -stanza slow development of your poem up to the last stanza which strikes like a fist in the gut:
And you think of the dead trees
to be recycled this way;
and of the customers on this planet;
and you wonder if anyone will be left
to build you a blue coffin.
This is a powerful poem, Andre!
Comment Written 29-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 31-Mar-2016
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Yes, Jay, I employed a stanza-by-stanza slow development "which strikes like a fist in the gut" in the last stanza. Some reviewers wanted me to accelerate my poem and cut repetition, but I refused. Thanks for your generous, six star review of my "powerful poem."
Comment from l.raven
HI Sis Cat, I've known a long time about the Bark Beetles...but never knew how bad it has gotten...I am a tree lover...I know they supply the air we breath...they clean the air we breath ...they cool the air...it sickens me the hear and see this...the world better wake up...take care for what nature has given us...so very sad...your poem and the story it tells is very well written...picture shocking...luff Linda xxoo
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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HI Sis Cat, I've known a long time about the Bark Beetles...but never knew how bad it has gotten...I am a tree lover...I know they supply the air we breath...they clean the air we breath ...they cool the air...it sickens me the hear and see this...the world better wake up...take care for what nature has given us...so very sad...your poem and the story it tells is very well written...picture shocking...luff Linda xxoo
Comment Written 29-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Oh, Linda, the problem about these bark beetles is worst than I suspected. Reviewers in Canada, Spain, England, and throughout America have reported that their trees are dying, too, because of these fungus-borne bark beetles. I am humbled that you found "poem and the story it tells is very well written." Thank you for your review.
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you are so very welcome...I don't know if the Ash tree is one they go after...but I had to take mine down...the man by me said Beetles got to it...and they were killing the Ash tree in the neighborhood down...you are so welcome sweet girl...love Linda xxoo
Comment from NicciFaye
Great write! Great information! Great poetic story you've conveyed Sis Cat. Your profile picture is great as well! You've educated, cultivated, and creatively elevated this readers thoughts with this wonderful write.
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Great write! Great information! Great poetic story you've conveyed Sis Cat. Your profile picture is great as well! You've educated, cultivated, and creatively elevated this readers thoughts with this wonderful write.
Comment Written 29-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 30-Mar-2016
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Thank you, NicciFaye, for your review. I am glad my poem "educated, cultivated, and creatively elevated this reader's thoughts."
Comment from royowen
It's true that the warming world is creating bad conditions for the survival of plant life which in turn will affect the survival of animal species and ultimate disaster for our planet. Nicely scribed, great artwork, articulate revelatory narrative, and so well compiled, well done, Blessings, Roy
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2016
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It's true that the warming world is creating bad conditions for the survival of plant life which in turn will affect the survival of animal species and ultimate disaster for our planet. Nicely scribed, great artwork, articulate revelatory narrative, and so well compiled, well done, Blessings, Roy
Comment Written 29-Mar-2016
reply by the author on 29-Mar-2016
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Thank you, Roy, for your review of my "revelatory" poem on "the ultimate disaster."
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My pleasure Cat
