I just published these new Folding Mirror poems on
http://fmpoetry.wordpress.com and thought they may interest some of you, if you're into Axl's thoughtful lyrics. Cheers.
Keeping it Clean: Humanity, Environment and EarthUnderground overground wombling free
we are humans in search of energy
houses need heating, travel needs fuel
we can do what we want, cos we rule
Planet Earth is ours to utilise
we don't have to harmonise
our material lives are finite
we only care what's innit
for us and our generation
so lets all have a celebration
Tipping point on the environmental precipice?
put another log on the fire
Planet Earth's funeral pyre
chop down all the forests
kill mother nature's florists
let's make more greenhouse gases
clone more cows and eat out of their arses
It's not our fault, it's happened before
but not in my lifetime I do implore
let's leave it to those in the future
to clean up our mess that lands on their shore.
Humanity is the Filter of the World
philosophy, politics, religion
concepts of time
cause
Humanity absorbs, hosts, filters
effects
bringing actions of
positivity, negativity, equilibrium
The above poem is a bit of a sequel to the Surface Trilogy. The second was probably the most relelvant to Guns fans:
Surface 2: Human Image and Self
My image is
calm and collected
humble and polite
social and warm
apolitical and irreligious
above
the surface; scratch, scratch below the surface
hides
opinionated and argumentative
reclusive and cold
vain and rude
angry and dejected
The inner self
Image and Self work both ways
My image is
gruff and hard
resolute and robust
dynamic and ruthless
independent and miserly
above
the surface; scratch, scratch below the surface
hides
social and philanthropic
relaxed and compassionate
flexible and vulnerable
soft and temperate
The Inner Self
More of this at:
http://fmpoetry.wordpress.com
