Letter From Earth

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The Poets and Storytellers United prompt "write a letter to our body" brought Earth to focus, the "body" we live on that's losing its luster, in part, due to human activity that can be mitigated simply by lowering carbon emissions. There is also the bruising of wars that effect Earth as a whole. The human cycle of our billions-of-years-old home has been hospitable. If it were human, however, it might need hospitalization, although on calm days a sick planet can look remarkably well and its health quite indiscernible.

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  1. TomAugust 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM

    ...we live thousands of miles apart, but we each see and enjoy the same or similar things. When will we successful tend to our sick planet?

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  2. Yogi♪♪♪August 29, 2024 at 3:06 PM

    Beautiful pics and an apt message. I'm proud of the work I did in the hydrocarbon industry helping keep people warm and fueling our economy but it is time, or really past time, to transition to cleaner energy sources.

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  3. Spare Parts and PicsAugust 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM

    "We are in the sixth mass extinction event. Unlike the previous five, this one is caused by the overgrowth of a single species, Homo sapiens." Very scary article and deeply concerning. Makes you wonder if our sick planet can recover.

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  4. JimAugust 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM

    Great shots.

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  5. JocelynAugust 29, 2024 at 8:49 PM

    Beautiful pictures.

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  6. Lydia C. LeeAugust 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM

    I just learnt about the Overshoot day. It's depressing.

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  7. Carol @Comfort Spring StationAugust 29, 2024 at 11:38 PM

    a beautiful post

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 30, 2024 at 6:29 AM

    Very well said! (It's hard not to think that humanity en masse is just insane.)

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  9. Rose PAugust 30, 2024 at 8:13 AM

    I shivered when I reached the last two lines of your poem.

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  10. carol l mckennaAugust 30, 2024 at 11:27 AM

    Spot on 'letter from Earth ~ We so need to take care of Mother Earth ~ photos are awesome ~ thank you ~ only hope humans heed the Earth's signals ~ hugs,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days ~
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. JoyfulAugust 30, 2024 at 1:57 PM

    Lovely series of photos and touching message.

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  12. HelenAugust 30, 2024 at 1:59 PM

    I love the unexpected and clever way you wrote this letter, the direction you headed ... Well done!

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  13. RommyAugust 30, 2024 at 2:58 PM

    "Cherish me well or perish". It doesn't get any clearer than that.

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  14. MarjaAugust 30, 2024 at 7:34 PM

    Beautifully worded poem with a great message

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  15. RajaniAugust 30, 2024 at 7:52 PM

    aching, yet still spinning - oh yes... but for how long can the earth bear such horrible damage....

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  16. Jae RoseAugust 31, 2024 at 3:34 AM

    Wonderful images and words - Jae

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  17. eileeninmdAugust 31, 2024 at 7:25 AM

    Lovely images! I love the water views and the gulls. Your poem is spot on, our earth is sick and needs attention! Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a wonderful weekend.

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  18. J Cosmo NewberyAugust 31, 2024 at 7:55 PM

    Lovely and sad. Will we ever learn?

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  19. AnuAugust 31, 2024 at 10:15 PM

    Hello. Nice photos of the shore. Climate change touches us here in Scandinavia. For example, the distribution areas of birds change.

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  20. David M. Gascoigne,September 5, 2024 at 3:30 AM

    I just read a list of the subjects uppermost on the minds of US voters and climate remediation doesn’t even make the list. Our house is collapsing around us and we don’t care. And it looks like we are going to have a fanatical right wing moron as Prime Minister here in Canada. Just wait to see what that does to our proclivity for environmental ineptitude. Despite soaring rhetoric, Canada has not met one of the targets we have committed to. Ever. And we never will.

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    1. Penelope NotesSeptember 5, 2024 at 5:11 AM

      I share your concern. It's one thing not to meet a target but another altogether not to acknowledge a target, which is what we'd likely get with that right-wing fellow who has zero appeal imo. It's frightening to think of him as leader at such a pivotal time. Disappointing he got this far.

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  21. purplepeninportland.comSeptember 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM

    The last two lines are perfect!

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