Earth Stanzas

responses

I am...

Boulders shatter from stone and break into rock. Crumbled pebbles settle into the soil to make the land. Grass and flowers blossom into vibrant meadows. Rain pushes rivers to fill the lakes and oceans. Whether savage desert or gleaming forest across the map, they were all created from mud, sand, and earth. No instructed design, only glowing support while we build. A bloom can become a jungle, and a hill maybe a mountain. There is no such thing as forlorn clay, only magnificent dirt.

Landon
Mogadore

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about how nice it would be to be slow as a snail

Anna

I am...

Love

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I have been thinking about living like...

Living like a part of our world I watch the natural And the unnatural collide A never ending war Between beauty and industrial We work to benefit No one but ourselves And as we work We forget who we once were Only focusing on who we are now Bring me back To a time I never knew Find me in the woods In the sea, the forests, the sand, the mountains Let me return to what we could have been

Amelia Crowley
Pennsylvania

Remember...

Remember the River,/ Her calm embrace./ Recall the wind, / Her comforting whispers./ Dare not forget the earth,/ Sweet mother to us all./ And yet we cry.

J
Monroe falls

Remember...

Remember when the street lights would gleam far into the night Remember when our children would be safe roaming free Remember the days before masks infected our faces Remember when clean water was free and plentiful Remember when we didn’t fight over these things Remember when the earth was shared amongst us Remember when what is remained the same Remember when humans appreciated the day?

Susan
New York

Thank you...

Tree, you give us life The air I breathe and Everything.

Emily Harville
Norton

Thank you...

Thank you Earth Thank you for breath Thank you for air and for water and everything all above I value you each day and I am grateful for this to say

Arabella Malie
Youngstown, Ohio

I am...

I am the crisp air of the morning I am the dew on the grass I am the buds on the tree

Cody
Alliance

Thank you...

Thank you trees and forests and skies and clouds and rain and sunshine for always looking at us

Melissa Davis
Chardon, OH

Remember...

Remember the life we are given. The chances for changes and the choice of a lifetime. Remember the lives around us and the love we can give them. Give thanks you our life and our love.

Ella McDonald
Columbus

Thank you...

Thank you flower Flowers put smiles on faces A memory of favorite places and a beauty of nature found in all places

Hannah
Avon, Ohio

Remember...

Remember the wind that carries the leaves. It brings warmth and light with its gusts. Remember the song it sings, kissing your ear. It remembers you.

Sidney
Perrysbury, OH

I am...

I am a clump of dewy moss I am a night of rain I am some buried bones I am a string of grain I am a wobbly turtle I am washed up wood I am the grains of sand I am part of sherwood

Adder Moore
North Ridgeville

I am...

I am a gust of wind in the forest I am a worker in the ant colony I am the dandelion in a field of grass I am the sun on a cloudy day I am the desire of a lone wolf I am the light at the end I am the rain on a sunny day

Aidan
Akron, Ohio

Remember...

Remember your life that is given to you. Borrowed, granted, gifted. Your energy and space is lent and temporary. Give those who follow after you an earth to be a healthy part of.

Amanda
Lakewood

Thank you...

Thank you to the green grass for allowing us to look forward to seeing you every year in the spring after being deprived of you all winter.

Ahmed
Columbus

Thank you...

It made me feel like how I feel in the summer. I love nature.

Libby
Tucson, AZ

Thank you...

It made me feel grateful for the woods in my backyard.

Addy Natleo
Aurora, Ohio

Remember...

I think it's important to remember where we came from, the real and natural things "la beleza" of real life. We can't forget about that part, because it's so special for us.

Beatriz Flor
Brazil

Thank you...

I am thankful for the sun. When it shines bright like a diamond in the sky. Sunny days are always better.

Ashish Sanger
Canton, Ohio

Thank you...

Thank you ground for giving me the space I need to be free. You allow me to exist without asking for anything in return.

Emma B
Rockwall, TX

Thank you...

Nature, you make me feel calm, able to breathe again. Able to run and not worry. The stress of life just slips away when I am immersed in you. I feel free.

Kenedy Brook
Apple Creek

Remember...

Remember the trees Tall and strong Remember the critters All with their own amazing strengths and lives Remember the forests beaming with life Appreciate them all

Sara House
Wadsworth

Remember...

Remember the water As the sun crisps your skin And the waves soothe your burns As the creek winds the park As the clouds let go As your bottle clinks As your blood flows Revel in the water Drown yourself in its love.

Sage Hardiman
Pittsburgh, PA

Remember...

Remember the plastic bags hanging onto the trees. There are no buds yet, only plastic leaves. The shadow of them sits on the pavement, dark, and hushed, and filled with morning breeze. I don't like these plastic bag trees. I don't like them hanging from trees.

Augusta Vorndran
Medina, OH

Thank you...

Thank you to the storm, you are the body of the Earth.

Risha
Sandusky, Ohio

Thank you...

From the sprout, always know how to please. Provide our air we climb on them always take a look just a second to love to the old in appreciation, to all trees.

Sebastian Cairn
Amherst, OH

Remember...

Remember the crawling things; the worms that writhe and breathe in the veins they carve into the earth; the june bugs and crickets and many-legged things, listen as they sing in the night, as they sing a memory of earth unaltered by men's hands.

Finch Gafurbekov
Kent

Thank you...

Thank you palm tree you keep me shady you give me coconuts and keep spirits high.

Natalia Domingot
Philly, PA

I am...

I am not late like an anxious rabbit always an hour for Alice

Michael
Twinsburg, OH

Remember...

Remember the large branches of the trees that were so easy to climb. A getaway from the trivial problems of the day. Breeze in the hair. Bark on the skin. A breath for the soul.

Natalie Dolezal
Newbury, OH

I am...

I am ivy climbing up crumbling brick, reclaiming space for Mother Earth. Space to stretch out and breathe. I am dandelions, fuzz floating on her breath. Reaching every corner of life.

Alana
North Canton

Thank you...

Tree from my childhood, thank you for always keeping my inner child alive, being able to pick me up when I'm down and give me the biggest hug.

Jordan
Wadsworth

Thank you...

Thank you to the oak tree at my childhood home. You shaded my swing set from the sun, and I'm sorry for driving a dirt bike up your trunk.

Talia
Hartville

Thank you...

Thank you so much for everything that you do for us.


I am...

I am the baby bird leaving the nest, I am the ship sailing without return, I am a maid toiling with no rest, I am the beloved autumn leaves you'll have to burn, I am a snow flake on your tongue, I am a song you can't quite remember, I am the naivety of the young, I am something that's never forever.


I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking / about living like a bird / collecting discarded scraps / to build a nest / to shelter my young

Jen
Washington, DC

We, this people...

are alone togethet


We, this people...

tired


I am...

I am the hyphae nuzzling through the dark moist world.


Earth's desire is...

To free the burden of all atom bombs and chemical weapons/

To consume all filths and leave a land fresh and flashy.
Rangpur, Bangladesh

Remember...

Remember the crashing waves of the beach to the tops of the pine trees covered in a blanket of snow. Remember the animals who walk among us. Remember the trails out in the wilderness Remember the desert filled with sand and dust Remember the vast Earth.

Josh Outman
California

Something sacred...

Holy, NATURE’S CRY: // Every now and again I heed nature’s cry, / I lick the sun and I taste the sky. / Every now and again I heed nature’s roar, / I spread my wings, I long to soar. / Sometimes, even, I heed nature’s sigh, / I hang my head, I turn to cry. // And when I listen sometimes I hear, / Sounds that truly fill me with fear: / My lovely nature is quickly changing, / Seas polluted and landscapes rearranging, / And when I draw my lovely nature near, / My eyes well up and fill with tears. // My lovely nature is on alert, / Her swollen rivers, her aching dirt, / Winds blow stronger and temperatures climb, / Rolling bulldozers ruining my nature sublime, / My lovely nature is sorely hurt, / Her splitting stones, her broken chert. // As sunset spreads and night draws nigh, / As squirrel sleeps and owl soars high, / I pray my nature is not resigned to lore, / I pray it persists, and I pray some more, / I wish I could keep my nature safe deep inside, / I wish I could yell at my nature to run, to hide.

Dr. Zachary Florentino Murguía Burton
Eureka, California

We, this people...

When we come to it,/We will stop denying our own/Truth./We must confess that/We are on a path of/Plastic bottles,/Styrofoam containers/and/Vinyl siding./This is half the struggle,/One that will end only/When we come to it/If we come to it.

Elise
Akron Ohio

Remember...

Remember the generosities of Earth/ the joy of a flower, the tree’s shade/ for anyone – for everyone/ a holy offering, and the way water soaks/ and splashes, ices or fogs/ wrapping Earth in her arms./ Or the way Earth holds so many seeds,/ making hills and valleys to climb,/ a fastness for retreat./ Who authored this?/ The herself, himself, gendered or not,/ singular or plural, forgotten/ in dim lengths of eons,/ even as momentum continues,/ Earth feasting on Herself, endlessly giving,/ growing, as I tread the soil of a living mind,/ the initial push long forgotten./ Now I know why gratitude/ for the holy dreamers and pushers/ is necessary – to throw my eyes back/ to those who imagined this motion/ I call creation, where I go about my days/ in oblivion, dotting i’s and crossing t’s,/ rarely feeding the root of gratitude/ where “lives the dearest freshness deep down,”* the original push still/ secreted within, gently loving me/ into new equations./ “And for all this, nature is never spent.”*/ But for all this, I would be spent,/ dreamless. *Gerard Manley Hopkins “God’s Grandeur”

ann buxie
malibu, CAlifornia

Thank you...

Oh, how beautiful it is./ The tall, green form in front of me./ So tall, it covers me with its shadow./ It’s stems and leaves/ stand in different directions/ dancing free as the wind passes by./ It stand like a soldier in war,/ Full of confidence and strength./ It protects me under its shadow,/ engulfing me with warmth and peace./ Thank you./ Thank you for your presence./ The presence you’ve provided,/ It is more than I could’ve asked for./

Michelle, Cyrilla
Indonesia

Thank you...

for your hardwork, / thank you for the effort, / thank you for the life you’ve given us, / thank you for your support. / In return for your kindness, / support will be granted back, / we will both benefit, / and we will both live. /

Em

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like a cloud, on a clear day, floating free, at peace, in the calm embrace of Earth its nature flourishes around me. ... I've been wondering about the everlasting snow never ending, never stopping always howling, my storm a snow globe.

Shazia, Gabby
Jakarta

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like a cloud, on a clear day, floating free, at peace, in the calm embrace of Earth its nature flourishes around me. I've been wondering about the everlasting snow never ending, never stopping always howling, my storm a snow globe.

GS 10ab
Jakarta

Thank you...

Thank you... I have seen you everywhere In my cup, in my body, in the bathroom tub literally anywhere The reason for the soft, smooth skin You can also be a cup of drink Dunk my dishes in the sink Since it's for a rinse You make me alive You keep me clean... Thank you, Thank you, ..."Thank you".

Soo Ho
Indonesia

Earth's desire is...

Earth's desire is how we should appreciate Earth as it is a place we Human beings live together called "home", where all humans live instead of destroying Mother Earth with pollution, deforestation, etc. This is the only planet we can survive on, we live under the production of resources from Earth. We all should go back to the place we once called "home" where it wasn't harmed.

Wilbert, Denver, Kenzie A
Jakarta

We, this people...

Born from the same womb/of our Mother Earth’s, transient/shall make our actions permanent/imprinted upon the soil’s skin/the clouds, our handprints/and the sea our deep embrace.

Sharon (Indonesia)

Thank you...

Love Letter to the Ocean / If I could gather you in my arms / I would scoop you up / and kiss your face with gratitude / for reflecting the sun and moon / for laughing around my feet and ankles / for holding me buoyant when I am sinking.

Brenda Sparks
Oregon, USA

Thank you...

Thank you ocean for providing us with oxygen. Thank you ocean for giving the marine life a home. Thank you ocean for maintaining climate regulation. Thank you ocean as binusians.

TheNTriplets- nadine, nikki, nidya
jekardah

Earth's desire is...

To be shared the blessings of life / the nature within / to feel the breath of Gaia herself

James, Gio, Dante
Chinatown

Remember...

Remember the warmth of the morning sun: a harmony of the yellow-orange and red hues Remember the sign that the day has begun: a melodious dawn chorus and the clicking of the busy shoes

Catrina, Kelly, Willow
Indonesia

We, this people...

We, this people, the people of the earth, should not have had influence over how the world works; we should understand our purpose, where we come from, and what makes us, us. We have strived and have waded through our struggles, put blood, sweat, and tears, to provide a helping hand for the earth, but even so, all of our hard work isn't enough We should all come to realization that the future is not promising, and that there is a significant risk of our grandchildren's children being wiped away.

Hana, Sharon, Ara - The people of the BLOL community
ersxdc nm

We, this people...

We, this people, the people of the earth, should not have had influence over how the world works; we should understand our purpose, where we come from, and what makes us, us. We have strived and have waded through our struggles, put blood, sweat, and tears, to provide a helping hand for the earth, but even so, all of our hard work isn't enough We should all come to realization that the future is not promising, and that there is a significant risk of our grandchildren's children being wiped away.

Hana, Ara, Sharon
Indonesia

Remember...

Remember when we used to live in times of clear skies where we did not have to worry about harmful toxins

Rafael, Daksh, Alex Drachman
Jakarta

Thank you...

Thank you tree for providing fresh air. Thank you tree for creating a green atmosphere. Thank you tree for giving out fruits to eat. Thank you tree for being a home.

Aristotle

Remember...

Remember the iPad on your hand Made from the minerals of your land The tears spilled from the sobbing Earth But are these atrocities of worth? Destruction, deterioration, and defunct biome Bringing calamity and catastrophe to my home Remember the chirping birds and the bright green meadows Remember, just remember.

Damar, Dhafin, Greg
Jakarta

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like a geode lackluster at first glance concealing the treasures within

Janat

Thank you...

thank you, flowers you brought light back to me

marvela
jakarta

We, this people...

We, this people being the yellow in our blue and greens of Earth, ought to use our powerful and attentive minds to aid and preserve the mother planet

Keysha
Jakarta, Indonesia

I am...

i am the light of the sunshine

marvela
jakarta

I am...

i am bright

marvela
jakarta

Remember...

Remember the children, with a future that goes so far ahead that we cannot cut it short.


I am...

I am loved unconditionally

William Bradley
Jakarta

I am...

I am a sheep in a field

William Bradley
Jakarta

I am...

I am the dust that rises to be seen.

Rynn Burkett
Amarillo, TX

Earth's desire is...

To be remembered For more than her riches To be known For her unconditional love and her wild heart

Vidhi
Jakarta

Thank you...

Thank you, wind. For the soft melodies in the summer, And the harsh notes in the winter For the symphonies that dried my wet cheeks, And the harmonies that brushed my wild hair.


I am...

I am a river of ice I am a mountain of sand I am the song of the wind I am the crystals of snow falling from the skies

Vidhi
Jakarta

Earth's desire is...

To be preserved

William Bradley
Jakarta

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking / about living like a leaf / cladded with my friends / reaching the fall / then turning dark red. I have been thinking / about living like the wind / flying to freedom / flushing through humans / so I can feel them / laughing against / my soft waves.


Earth's desire is...

To be cared / To be shared / She wants the love / that we can give / through doves / Her desires are so simple / so why can't we rekindle / the paradise we were given?

cath
Jakarta

We, this people...

We, this people, inhabitants of Earth, must freshen up the air before our lungs dry, purify the waters before we thirst, clean up our land before we drown. We can do it before it's too late.

Nai
Indonesia

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like the moon, beaming and glowing, illuminating the dark, night sky.

Nai
Indonesia

Earth's desire is...

To be climbed and eaten/ to be thought about/ to shake loose it’s winter keaves

Sadie Shorr-Parks
Shepherdstown

I am...

I am sapling with green leaves

Sadie
Philly

I am...

A possum clinging to brick

Nick Smith
England

I am...

I am a mirror, reflecting all that came before me/ I am a single droplet in a river about to enter the sea / I am a place of no beginning and neither an end / an endless amalgamation of systems that forces our hand / I am in everything I touch / the eyes that read these words / And here for a brief moment / I am a part of you

N. Minsi

Earth's desire is...

Earth’s desire is / to be seen / to be loved / to be respected / to be treated like a hand you would hold / a body you would embrace / a voice you would hear / and listen to. / Remind everyone / we are her voice. / To love her / is to speak up.

Adrienne S. Wallner
Hazelhurst, WI

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like thin grasses - collective snd swaying with the wind/ I have been thinking about living like a pond - quietly powerful and emanate of life/ I have been thinking about living like the trees at home - full of memory and soft reverence for nature’s time/ I have been thinking about living like my younger self - in love with the air and the sponge of the ground beneath her feet/ I have been thinking about living like myself - present Now and thankful for it.

Cosette Gunter
Farmersville, OH

Thank you...

Thank you banana / curving my belly

Keith S. Wilson
Chicago, Il

Remember...

Remember the Earth as it was/Before it smoked and halted to a stop./Remember that they shined bright in spite of it all/Despite the bumps and bruises along the way./Remember how much it gives to us/As we try to stitch together the faults in a spherical beauty./Remember it now, because it keeps on rotating from time to time./Remember how it smells of lavender and love/Always welcoming us back with a homecooked meal./Remember them as they continue their journey beyond us all.

J. G. Bova
Billerica, MA

I am...

I am the reflection of the moon in a river


We, this people...

We, this people, barefoot again, tread lightly on epochs of dirt and matter. Careful, there is life beneath your soles

Lee keylock

We, this people...

We, this people must come together to build a better future, Plastic rings in the sea, metal cans in the soil. Gas in the ozone, we, the people take everything for granted, humans never truly learn. How much more damage can spur? We, “the” people, please stop dreaming and start doing


Remember...

Remember the orange chalk they turned into fire. / Remember the fire under the refuse, / the dust that rises from it, the lungs / that breathe it. Remember / some things we throw away / or truck from place to place / don’t disappear: the half-life of human efforts, / the fire smoldering underground, / the water that carries and floods, warehouses and barrels / that rust. If it comes from the earth, / from a single location in the Congo, / but lives in the cells / of fathers and children in Missouri, / can we say it is natural? / Can we say it is historic? / Remember / the fires we create - / the ones that don’t go out -

Holly Sinclair
St. Louis, Missouri

I have been thinking about living like...

I have been thinking about living like a coyote. Train track follower, destined to cry out tonight.

Cheesesteak
Philly

I have been thinking about living like...

a Medusa, her long arms tendriling one million strands is one strand, one million drops of water as one body

Emily
Hendersonville NC

Thank you...

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Thank you...

Thank you Spring/You help free us from the void of winter's icy grasp/You bring upon it's last hour/You recharge tree's roots and leaves giving life/You give flowers their petals/You tell the sun "wake up its spring!"/You can let kids go out without coats,gloves or boots and snow-pants/Thank you Spring!

Thomas Tadsen
Old Trail School,Richfeild,Ohio,USA

Thank you...

Beach, your ocean has salty waves that crash and foam onto the sand/then pull and ripple back just to return again/beach, your ocean has spectacular little critters of all kinds/of variety and with so many colors and textures/beach your ocean makes glass, something so sharp and scary so soft, smooth, delicate, and special after it is provided to you/ beach, beach every time your ocean waves crash, the crashing of the waves flop and flood into my soul and unlocks more of my happiness/beach your warm and cozy sand feels amazing on my feet/then when I get to where your water and sand meet it is perfect to make sandcastles that fills my body with irresistible joy/Jumping over your waves is a treat to do/along with skim boarding, and boogie boarding/At the end of the day I am exhausted so I watch your beautiful sunset/as it reflects on the glowing water on my way back to the hotel I gather different shells and make jewelry with them.

Chloe Solis
Old Trail School

Thank you...

Tree, you sprouted a seed in my heart and with a breeze you look beautiful, and you give me shade thank you tree.

Alex Rezac
Akron

Thank you...

Thank you Water for refreshing us when we are thirsty/and when I am hot you make me cold, and when I am cold you make me hot/ you flow through us, you flow through lakes, rivers, and oceans/ you keep me hydrated/ you drip off our arms. you cool us off/you go up to the clouds, but you always come back,and even if you go away you make a rainbow not long after/ you glimmer in the light too. Thank you.

Dominic
Akron, Copley Ohio

Thank you...

The stars shine bright through my eyes/ The shooting stars through my eyes/ up in the sky very high/ In the sky flaming hot through the sky.

Sammy Liptak
Akron

Thank you...

Thank you Earth for growing trees for oxygen so we can breathe, and giving us water and plants so we can eat/ Thank you Earth for all the colors and different foods we can eat/ Thank you Earth for keeping us healthy and safe/

Carley Gackowski
Brecksville, OH
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