Ode to Edward Abbey (2)
Voice in the wilderness
cries
as flesh of the desert
flows upstream
current contained and controlled
river’s life condemned
incarcerate
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Dear Pen,
Thanks so much for your comment. I like the wikipedia article – thanks for sending the link. Abbey’s Desert Solitaire is amazing – that prose/poetry we love and you are so good at. I stopped reading 2 pages from the end — couldn’t bear to finish. Best to you.
HI Monica,
Love this raw feeling in this poem.
and I’ve just noticed the Book link …Essays for The Planet… Had a ‘walk’ around and loved that too…Food for the soul., my friend…thank you for sharing your work.
You had me wondering with the tag..Edward Abbey, so I did my favourite thing of Googling…and found this link…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbey
He sounds a wonderful character willing to do all for the cause of conservation…and I would like to be buried as he wanted…fertiliser…pure and simple!!…xPenx