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Mary de La Valette
Canada
Mary de La Valette is a poet, writer and activist , retired in the backwoods of New Brunswick in Canada where she roams the forest with her dog, Esprit and in the evening sits outside and listens to Nature. A life frequently interrupted by fighting fracking, glyphosate spraying and crimes against other species, Nature and the Earth.
two poems by Mary de La Valette
Gaia Redux
The old myths
Are all dead.
From Mount Olympus to the Ajanta caves.
Knights slaying dragons,
God,
Country,
All dead.
Smothered
In a blanket
Of screens, iphones, computers
Self absorption and greed.
And, what remains
After all has been vanquished?
Earth.
A planet of miracles
Lush green forests,
Wild rushing rivers
And blue oceans filled with Life.
Of wolves and bears
And elephants and lions,
Owls and hummingbirds,
Bees and butterflies,
Whales and dolphins.
Where else in the Universe
Is there such a paradise?
Earth
Is our Goddess.
Our country.
A vision
Worth fighting for,
Worth dying for,
Worth loving.
Worth saving.
A Pilgrim's Progress
I do not have to go
To Sacred Places
In far-off lands.
The ground I stand on
Is holy
Here in this little garden
I tend
My pilgrimage ends.
The wild honeybees
The hummingbird moths
The flickering fireflies at dusk
Are a microcosm
Of the Universe.
Each seed that grows
Each spade of soil
Is full of miracles.
And I toil and sweat
And watch and wonder
And am full of love.
Living in this place.
For truth and beauty
Dwell here.
. . . . July, ’ 94
. . . . July, 2017
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