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Mirage

Globe trotting was fun
It brings roses of recognition in one's own country,
A gain it is, a rich luxury, a social approval,

Think of portfolio, share, and gain
That dance on my rich lips.
A winner of global Firms.

Great I am my heart murmurs.

That day I returned to my native village
To observe my uncultivated land.
No monetary Fund, no World Bank,
Only barren land.  Scorching earth.

My mind sprouted, a call it was,
Farming, agriculture, great culture,
That was a fantastic dream
An exhortation to work there!

Sweat streamed along my body to the earth
The God of fertility I am.  Wonderful crops!
Cool and satisfied, all crops I had.
I am proud of my rustic life.

Globalization is a garb that burn what is in,
Colonial blood is venom.
The vacuum of the colony will burst.

Idiotic laws of fuzzy logic
An empire of hollowness
Colossal but awesome.

Narcotic dollar or Euro or whatever it is,
I want the blessing of mother Earth!
I cultivate all crops.  I bring up cattle,
Mine is a pleasant life, you see
Of self-reliance, peace, humility....
— U K Atiyodi, Apr 12, 2010

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

How often do we go away just

How often do we go away just so we can come home again for the first time? Good write, UK. A fellow ant, Anna "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~ A Course In Miracles
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

I know exactly what you mean

I know exactly what you mean I went away for a long time but coming home was ... well,coming home ... wonderful write love and hugs Jayne-Chloe (http://www.neopoet.com/forum/36627-meet-n-greet-live-chat-thurs-apr-15th-9-11-pm-ny-est-host-poewriter58-welcome-new-member#comment-175177) ... Be there ~!~!~!
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raskin

16 years 1 month ago

Your post script made me

Your post script made me laugh. Good to learn how to grow food. Raskin
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 1 month ago

This poem is a blessing to all that is real

.com was aways a mirage, I knew it, how did the economists not know it? Because they are professional liars, as are the so-called world bank and globalisation, just ephemera of greed leaving barren earth and victims. Truth spoken with such eloquence deserves the deepest respect. Cheers, Jess, Reprehensibly irrepressible
themoonman

themoonman

16 years 1 month ago

U.K.

I like the way you write and the theme is so good. There are a couple of places where I stumbled momentarily, all crops I had... all of the crops I had, or even something like, cool and satisfied with the yield... that burn what is in, maybe, that burns what is in. just a couple of suggestions, great poem for the time of now, enriching to read, thank you! Richard