creature after creature
loses its home
or goes extinct
earth herself
thanks to us
is on the brink
man-made
in the end doesn’t
mean what we think
man-made
means the same as
man destroyed —
WE are the weak link.
—Terri Guillemets
earth
Patient waiting
The sooner that humans are out of the picture, the sooner the earth can get some well-deserved R & R.
—Terri Guillemets
Ecos
leaves — lovers
of the gentle breeze
trees — brothers
of roots that weave
soil — giver
of life through earth
sun — mother
of golden light’s birth
—Terri Guillemets
Tilted
Earth tilts toward Winter
my heart goes tilty too
the summer-fever cools
to a more reflective hue
—Terri Guillemets
Waking welcome
Sun coaxes life
from the earth
with its warmth —
Grow, thrive, breathe
green things of the land
wake from your
winter’s nap and
joyously reach
for the spring —
Colors burst
into vibrant being —
fresh fireworks
on verdant stems of life
—Terri Guillemets
WILD’ness
WILD
is beautiful
wild is free —
wilderness is not
an empty canvas
for Man to do
what he will —
wilderness is
an already full canvas
painted by God
—Terri Guillemets
Fight for our lives
like wild animals, I am happy hiding
the artificial frightens my being —
but it is time to fight for the earth
—Terri Guillemets
scrambled blackout poetry created from Rafe Martin, Birdwing, 2005,
Killing nature
the wilderness died
of a broken heart —
from bad decisions and
evil battles of grown men
—Terri Guillemets
blackout poetry created from Rafe Martin, Birdwing, 2005,
Green grace
As Earth sways us from winter to spring
Nature begins her grace of glorious green
—Terri Guillemets
Winter lullaby
The earth tucked herself in for the year with winter’s frosty white blanket
—Terri Guillemets
Green lives the purple, orange, yellow
The energy of the earth flows through the veins of springtime.
—Terri Guillemets
Parti-colored
earth’s favorite color is spring
spring’s best-loved color is green
and green himself loves to party
with yellow, red, orange, and pink
—Terri Guillemets
Forgotten
Desert — a piece of Earth that God forgot to water.
—Terri Guillemets