Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOTHER NATURE SPEAKS, by GERTRUDE HANSON


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MOTHER NATURE SPEAKS, by                    
First Line: I am your mother: the maimed one, forgotten, neglected
Last Line: Till you, in repentance, shall bow to your mother earth.
Subject(s): Nature


I am your mother: the maimed one, forgotten, neglected,
The one whose lessons you spurned;
I am the old one whose counsel you scorned and rejected . . .
But you cannot flee from the penalty you have earned.
You are my children who gouged me, your greed never sated;
The thieves who stripped my breast
Heedlessly, lustfully, leaving me comfortless, naked . . .
But you shall be chastened and you shall be left oppressed.
I shall send floods that will scourge you and leave you forsaken;
And pain that comes from dearth.
I shall be pitiless, leaving you beaten and shaken . . .
Till you, in repentance, shall bow to your Mother Earth.





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