Wednesday, August 20, 2014

THE FOREST MAN OF MAJULI ISLAND

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A man is planting a forest.
One seed after another, year after year
a lifeless, colorless wasteland turns green,
slowly because green takes time.

He works hard. But he's hardly rich.
(according to many.)
Yet, he produces soulful wealth,
abundance for the innocents.

Elephants, rhinos, insects galore
run, romp, crawl, fly, their appreciation
glowing from their wild existence.

A human(simply)being can enrich the world.
If we plant seeds in the wastelands
we see along our days,
verdant forests will grow there too.


(Submitted to Poets United where Susan has us writing about social good inspired by Gandhi.)









17 comments:

  1. like johnny appleseed...smiles...we can plant the right seeds...trees being one of the things we can do to beautify our planet...but the seeds we plant each day, with each other....

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  2. Yes, I saw a video about this man recently, and it is astonishing how he has transformed the landscape........I love your "how one human (simply) being".......yes, it is amazing how much we can do.

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  3. A great topic! If I had planted a tree a month, there would be 800 more trees ... I read about this man ... he enriches the earth and he has enriched this poem with persistence and abundance and glow.

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  4. Oh I love it. The simpleness of the action and the poem. Well done.

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  5. Not only is he rich, he is the very best kind of philanthropist as well.

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  6. simplicity is life isn't it?...the followers of truth embrace it... nice lines Myrna :)

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  7. I adore this, Myrna. Wealth is not always what it seems to be!

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2014/08/21/consider/

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  8. Thanks for the introduction to the Majuli man. He is worthy of a poem. Instead we chop down old growth to make way for concrete development. The world should follow the example of the Majuli man.He is one of the true saints.

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  9. Green takes time..i love that line..feels like the essence of internal and external growth..

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  10. The planting of seeds can go big way, especially the seeds of good example, kindness and loving relationships of people and nature. ~ Important theme and the poem. xx

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  11. Indeed, we can enrich the world. It helps to believe. Thanks for keeping the faith.

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  12. This is beautiful, Myrna. I love it.

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  13. I know of him from the earlier video from Colossal blog ~ I love that he is greening the forest and nurturing the earth one seed at a time ~ Have a good week Myrna ~

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  14. Greening is the in thing! But not many are able do that as greed of big business tends to slow things down. Great word craft Myrna!

    Hank

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  15. planting seeds in the wasteland... love what he does...and we all can in our very own way make the world around a bit greener and friendlier...

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  16. Thanks for filling my heart with hope!

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