evolution
maybe, our footprints drifted over, sand blasted and erased,
when desiccating winds have finally ceased their primeval howling,
when a shoot (maybe green) reaches, its brave roots holding fast;
maybe another will also take hold. maybe order will return
tranquility’s hues soothing
unwitnessed Earth
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The word from dVerse Pub for Poets on this quadrille Monday is “tranquility”. Our publican, the puller of pints and poster of prompts, is Lilian. Go by the pub to read her interesting post and other poetic responses.
ShiftnShake 
when a green shoot takes hold….hope in a small bit of life. It brings to mind the Big Island (Hawaii) and all the land covered by the recent lava flow. A house we rented three different times is no more. And yet, in years to come, there will be small shoots of life that will crack through hardened lava and the earth will renew itself.
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Plants are certainly powerful, and resilient.
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what a beautiful reverie on the will to live
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The Earth will live on, with or without us, one way or another. I sure like the greens and blues though.
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Oh, beautifully said! Yes, hope for the planet, even though we seem to be doing our best to kill it. I like the greens and blues, too.
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Thanks, and yes, the planet will carry on, as planets do, in their native hues, and cycles will cycle on, but the tranquility may only return after our footprints are swept away. Which is why your poem in response to the prompt struck me so.
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Thank you!
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love this as it instills hope … for planet earth and whoever survives 🙂
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It is grimly hopeful. Thanks for coming by.
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A bit of refreshing hopefulness, yet recognizing it means our own passing – sadly true..
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Yep.
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Perhaps Gaia can only have peace w/o us. Sadly, that may be right. Well said.
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Perhaps.
If we’re not part of the solution we’re part of the problem….?? are the problem?!????
Yep. it’s all about Gaia.
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The state of the earth seems to be weighing heavily on all of our minds. This has a wonderful note of hope. (K)
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Always hope for Earth, though I do say “unwitnessed Earth”….
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Oh, how I love that tiny parenthetical hope in “(maybe green).” How perfect.
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Ha! In the longer free form first draft I played with color more and the idea that in a post apocalyptic barren earth time, maybe even plants and their colors are different, so the green was as much nostalgic hoping as anything. But yeah, I liked how that felt/looked too, that parenthetical maybe green.
Thank you.
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I do believe that nature will return when we have left.
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Nature never leaves.
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