POETRY

Timely and true

by Azadeh Azad on Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:12 PM PDT

Dear Jahangir:  I read your very sad poem in between watching a TV program on the US Gulf Coast oil disaster. The wild life is dying before our eyes. Multinational Corporations and their greed will destroy the entire world if people keep quiet. ......................................................................................................................................................... BTW, in the last line of your first stanza, you rightfully speak of consumerism as a destructive force. But you also speak of "copulation" in the previous line. Why? I think in the Iranian culture, traditionally and wrongfully, the words greed, wining & dining and copulation come together. Like greed, wining and dining (representing consumerism) can be destructive, but copulation? Isn't it free and a source of great pleasure?  Unless you are speaking of sex industry. Still, it sounds moralistic. I think the Big Oil is more destructive to Mother-Earth than copulation or even the sex industry. ..................................................................................................................  I loved your poem. Thank you. ................................................................................................................................................................... Azadeh

It's true

by Abarmard on Thu Jun 03, 2010 06:41 PM PDT

You said it. I am very worried about our earth.

Thanks for sharing