The apples grown
Turned to ash upon first touch
The tree broken and damaged
By the hands that now owned
The field where they grew,
Threatening starvation-
Blades slicing deep
Cutting roots that held tight
For centuries,
But now world upheaved
Welcoming ideals and ideas
No longer in line
With the families dwelling
In peace before the convoy,
Living side by side
With flora and fauna
No longer a desired path
By the masses-
A race to clear the earth
Of what existed before the arrivals landed
With their axes and saws,
Their fires and drought,
A warband intent
On bringing their way of life
To the wood folk still hiding
Among the trees that stand
Awaiting their turn,
Their trunks on the cutting board
With the spirits of those living
Amongst them,
Dreams crumbling
With every fell brother.
Katrina Thornley is an indie poet often inspired by nature. In June of 2024 she released her 3rd poetry collection, Arcadians: Awakening in Nature. It is available on Amazon.
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Katrina Thornley
Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.
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Comments (12)
Symbolized artistically...destruction of nature by human hands.
Oh Mother Earth, what have we done; you conveyed sorrowful truth. Congratulations on Top Story.
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Congrats on your top story.
The tunnel of trees I used to look forward to driving through every day was cleared for housing and now it looks like total devastation when it used to be a place of serenity.
Congrats on your Top Story!!
argggghhh all the trees being cut down, even ancient apple groves!
message well put forth!
Deeply tragic- and so important. Really lovely work, congrats on the Top Story!
Beautiful work. You gave nature a strong voice with this poem! Congrats on the Top Story!
Congratulations 🎉
A very powerful piece of work and a cry from nature that we often ignore. Well done!