Back Home Again
Beds are Burning
Calling planet Earth
Do you hear me
Earthling from my birth
Solid rearing
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Playing in the dirt
Forming shapes with the mud
I love the feel of earth
In my soul, in my blood
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Planet Earth is blue
I love standing near the shore
I've got a clue
Peace comes from the Earth's core
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Planet Earth is rotating
Moving and turning
Keeping balance gyrating
Back home again but our earth is burning
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Songs from which I borrowed a lyric or two…
The line "I've Got a Clue" is from a song I wrote when I was the lead singer for the rock band Thunder Lizards.
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This poem is in response to Mariann Carroll and Stephen Avitable who both tagged me and both chose the Earth community for me.
This is part of Oneg’s and James’ Summer Writing Challenge.
With Love, RHC
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Rick Henry Christopher
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Thunder Lizards! Love the name ☺️ and lovely poem :)
Really enjoyed these words and songs. Fantastic job Rick
Wonderful words of movements of our world. Finding comfort and peace within her embrace. Great story
This poem was great, Well deserve Top Story 🥳👏
Fantastic poem Rick! You rose to the challenge and wrote about an important topic. Congratulations 🎉
A heartfelt ode to Earth's beauty and resilience through poetic lines!
Great work!
Wow this was powerful! Really made me want to take my shoes off and stand barefoot on the earth. I loved the language you used. And great songs you chose for this. Especially like Space Oddity. And by the way, wait what? You were in a band too? I didn’t know that!
That’s a great one, Rick! Congratulations.
Glad you took up their challenge. Congratulations on Top Story!
Great poem Rick. I love what you did here. Congrats on the Top STORY.
Great job on this one Rick❗ Congratulations on your Top Story🎉🎉🎉🎉
I felt this, Rick. Great job. And now all I can think about is the thunder lizards. What genre was this band?
Good job
When I saw the reference to Midnight Oil's song, I was like: This is going to be a great, great poem! You didn't disappoint!
Amazing job, Rick
Beautiful job! ❤️
My friend, I loved this piece.
If ever a poem was written for this time on planet earth, this is the one. Great work. I love that you included the songs that inspired the poem.
Oh, yes!!! Wonderfully written!!! Loved this!!!❤️❤️💕
Especially after seeing pictures of the devastating fires in Hawaii, this poem hits pretty hard! Gorgeous work, Rick.
This is fantastic! ❤️
This was such a beautiful tribute to the Earth! You nailed this challenge!
Nice job! Your poem reads like song lyrics!
The conversation begins to heat up. Unfortunately, it required the earth heating up enough to make the powers that be uncomfortable.