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A sonnet

to the sunup

who left nectar gold

in every buttercup



A sonnet

to the sunup

.. each bee can sup

from each buttercup



**********



No factory farmed chicken

.. has laid such a radiant

egg of the sun





LEAVES OF FORTUNE



The wind blows autumn gold

leaves into 1 corner

.. seemingly random

in its gift of fortune



Those aligned to God

direct the winds of fortune










Author's Notes/Comments: 

Every egg is 32 hours
a chicken was imprisoned
in a cage, 120 gallons
of production water,
300 mg. of artery clogging
cholesterol, theft
of a baby from his mother
(to Nathan Runkle.. who at age 17
has been active for several years
in videotaping factory farm cruelty,
organizing vigils, and changing the world)

http://www.eggcruelty.com

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©29 October 2001 - 9:21pm — saiom
9 November 2003 - 2:03pm — Corey Fox (not verified)
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Nice poetry! It is sad about what we do for money(animal cruelty)
one love Corey & co

9 November 2003 - 6:45am — Zool Labud (not verified)
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Your poems are beautiful, but I found the author's comments at the end kind of spoiled it. Keep up the good poetic writing.

7 November 2003 - 9:39pm — Sara E. Floodman (not verified)
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I totally hear you about the factory chickens' living conditions and quality of life. I too have done a lot of research into the meatpacking and dairy industries--and I completely appalled. I'm an avid animal lover and proud vegetarian. Where I live, though, I'm a rarity. I've never met nor spoken with another who understood the deprevity of these industries and how those poor animals have to live. Thank you so much for your poem!

7 November 2003 - 1:45pm — Graham Kent (not verified)
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That's not a sonnet... you might consider calling it something different.

As for the author's comments about the egg... an egg is the natural way for a chicken to give birth.... that's how the chick comes out... in the egg. Are you saying that the natural way for a chicken to give birth in this "cage", which is really just protecting it from anything, is such imprisonment?