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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Farmer's Rain Day by lyrycsyntyme 4 years 27 weeks* ago* The 1930's (and 1940's) could: The 1930's (and 1940's) could have been called The War on Farmers. Of course, as history demonstrates, Big Business (such as Conagra and United Fruit - thel latter being today's "Dole") won in a slaughter. The public largely abandoned small plot farming both as a result of being forced in greater numbers out of homes and into slums and apartments during the Depression, and then with the hype of the processed food industry that followed in the 1950's. Since then, it's been a struggle to keep local farming alive, and that has been a large set up for this moment. A rude awakening now coming for most, but for anyone who has been trying to produce food for their family and/or their community for the last several decades, they already knew. So this poem is a bit of "future-now tense", as you quite well detected, and also a story that's already been lived for a long, long time. It's also personal, to some degree, because there some elements that come from my own experience. And having to wait out a rain day when there was so much to be done was literally what had me sitting down at that moment, leading to the write : ) [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: Farmer's Rain Day by lyrycsyntyme 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Poem In Future-Now Tense: A swipe as old plenty and contemporary scarcity - we will eat fine, the drought prone lesser countries I feel for. Will we plant more this year? I hope so. Wheat for the world - yea! California fruit/veggies, not so much without water. . The usa western veggie growers have grief. Big investments will fail - moving sad but even with water, Michigan lost population (and Congressional seats). Huge Farms here thrive whereas competition is a good thing - right? Let the farmer migration begin! . ~A~. [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: Farmer's Rain Day by lyrycsyntyme 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Thank you for sharing the: Thank you for sharing the connection that Farmer's Rain Day made for you. To be able to even serve as a reminder of a T.S. Eliot work is well more than enough for me : ) [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: Replies to comments by Starward-Led 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Keep your wits about you. You: Keep your wits about you. You need to be your own best nurse and doctor in nursing homes, to say the least. At from all I've seen. Beyond that, no worries, as far as I am concerned. Appreciate that you can make it here, when you can and in what capacity you. Your writing efforts seem to be holding up quite well : ) Most of all, I hope that being able to get here is helping you through the hours of pain and recovery. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: NOT SO MUCH THE EARTH by georgeschaefer 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Well Said!: Stupid is a great word - best self-interest is abandoned to a stranger with an agenda. A little hedonism goes far - if you are true to morality and ethics first, suggestions are measured against and used or not. ~A~ [ go to comment ]
Seeker commented on: Seeking light by Seeker 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Thank you: Thank you [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: JE SUIS UN AUTRE by georgeschaefer 4 years 27 weeks* ago* and yet I insist on trying: and yet I insist on trying [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Seeking light by Seeker 4 years 27 weeks* ago* There's an ecstatic movement: There's an ecstatic movement throughout this poem, as if chains are falling from some place deep within. Your agile use of natural images tells the story of inner longing, searching and triumph with a vibrancy that can be seen clearly in the mind's eye. A stunning journey. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Replies to comments by Starward-Led 4 years 27 weeks* ago* I appreciate the update. I'm: I appreciate the update. I'm so sorry that you're in such distress. Please don't worry about replying or commenting. Focus on getting better and just know that prayers and well wishes are coming your way. I'm still enjoying your poetry, and I'm amazed that through all your suffering, your pen is still on fire and your work is as stunning as ever. May the light of peace and comfort surround you. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: WORD ORCHARDS by georgeschaefer 4 years 27 weeks* ago* wouldn't it be nice if there: wouldn't it be nice if there were word trees that would could pick like an apple tree? [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: LONG WAY FROM KANSAS by georgeschaefer 4 years 27 weeks* ago* It would bring about the: It would bring about the collapse of civilization [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Apropos of nothing by Teytonon 4 years 27 weeks* ago* Have you read the Platonic: Have you read the Platonic dialogues? I could never get through all of them. [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: SHY HITCHHIKER by georgeschaefer 4 years 27 weeks* ago* it's very moving.. I nearly: it's very moving.. I nearly died once when hitchhiking.to Ohio .. wanting to see my family but no $ to get home.. I was picked up by a man who unbeknownst to me had a hunting knife and handcuffs.. i opened the door and ran [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: Fear Of Dominance Loss by allets 4 years 27 weeks* ago* No Revolt: We have little experience at that. we steal and cheat and undercut. Capitalism remember. Still, changing the subject:Trumpies taxes, Jan. 6th 45 day sentences (what?), Space X, ROE?, or Ukraine refugees welcomed across Mexcan border no problem until 1-3 million show up. Still, New Mexico is burning - and GOP will learn Michigan is unstealable (I hope). . ~A~. . ps: covid to spike this summer. Oooooh. [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Can it be? by Teytonon 4 years 27 weeks* ago* I a muse? I amuse you? You: I a muse? I amuse you? You think I'm funny? Funny how? You mean like a clown? I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny? Tell me, how the ** am I funny? What the ** is so funny about me? Thank you. I'm honored by your dedication. [ go to comment ]