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All the World Was Broken: An Ecopoem
All the World Was Broken: An Ecopoem  On weightless air, the cocksure ravens flew.  Wild sheep chewed grass; deer  And bison chewed too.  On a slanted hillside white mountain goats  Enjoyed a lofty view.  In forests, eucalypti, fresh-minted, grew.  And fire-green firs with purple cones,  Did too.  For the silver-studded starfish there were oceans  Wet with green and blue –  And oceans for the whale and dolphin too.   On blackest soil, the man called Adam grew  H

Richard Mather


In the Beginning Was
In the Beginning Was Strange to think I am the universe and everything in it too. I call out. No voice returns other than my echo. So...

Richard Mather


Ecophagy
God was striding the heavens when a snake emerged from a bone black gap between the wet green grasses. Six days passed and earth was in...

Richard Mather


Zechariah
The brickwork is broken, Gardens are in disarray, The iron gates swing free from their hinges, Rain sings in the gutters &...

Richard Mather


Lamech’s Revelation
Lord, I have seen the inner workings of man and I am afraid. Poor and pathetic: he is corrupted from the start, living in a blasted...

Richard Mather
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