Earth to Eaarth

Today's In Response comes from a quote in my calendar from Bill McKibben (who I had to look up online to learn more about and he has a great concept about renaming the planet from Earth to Eaarth because the place we have created/devastated is not the kind of place we'd want to call home.) The actual thought-provoking comment I read today though is:

"What sets wilderness apart in the modern day is not that it's dangerous (it's almost certainly safer than any town or road) or that it's solitary (you can, as they say, be alone in a crowded room) or full of exotic animals (there are more of them at the zoo). It's the fact that five miles out in the woods you can't buy anything."

Tree-flections

In Response

Wild like a Tiger

Wild like a Tiger

in a safety vest

directing a traffic jam of

blind race car drivers

fighting seizures

of road rage.

Rural outcasts

read the urban rule books

written in the language of lies.

Between the lines

exposes ingredients for Home

far from shopping malls

or credit, cash and debit

poetic directions to get there

hidden by too many flashy adverts

selling too much harmless fear

to let us take a breath

let alone a first step.

poetry and photograph by LyndiaP December 9, 2010