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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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Inspired by My Friend,

Tom Hyland,

And His Recent AD Article,

�Paper or Plastic?�

�

�We hang the petty thieves,

And we appoint the great ones,

To public office.�

�

Aesop

�

Music:� Breathless, by Kenny G

�

What marvelous childhood memories

Helping my grandfather rake the leaves

Then standing there, as he burned them

What a splendid Fall smell in the breeze

�

Today, most of our very concerned elected officials

Have banned leaf burning as �air quality� unhealthy

So today, millions of people bag their autumn leaves

These bags adorn lawns of both the poor and wealthy

�

These billions of leaf bags are by-products of the oil industry

And no matter what they say, these bags are not bio-degradable

So, these costly plastic bags, filled with all these autumn leaves

Will last for centuries in our land fills, which to me is deplorable

�

Yet, very few local, state, or federal officials anywhere

Seem to care much about noxious factory or vehicle fumes

These days, when I must travel to any city on any errand

The air is permeated with very foul odors and smoke plumes

�

Thank God that our elected officials stopped that leaf burning

I feel better knowing their environmental concerns are so good

And thank God that I only have to visit a city a few times a year

I�d rather reminisce about leaf burning out in the very deep wood

�

And if you would like to help our Mother Earth in the Autumn

Don�t bag the leaves on your lawn and deposit them at curbside

Mulch your leaves, and utilize their natural nutrients in compost

Next Spring, you�ll gaze at beautiful flowers and shrubs with pride

�

�There�s something out there watching over us,

Unfortunately, it�s the government.�

�

Woody Allen

�

�2007, Mr. Ed

�

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Reviewed by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com

Reviewed on October 12, 2007

MR. ED...

Well, by gosh, was surprised to see my name here, thank you for acknowledging! And the pictures are certainly poignant, and your poem quite well done - direct - truthful - hit the nail right on the head!

and both AESOP and WOODY are right on also! I just sent a nasty email to PELIGROSI last night about the DC Architect FLUNKY removing GOD from the Capitol Building. Either ACT, or AFA had sponsored it.

"You can lead a politician to Water; but she/he just PISSES in it!"

Grass Roots efforts... Autumn Leaves... Trees... Woodlands... Forests... Jungles... Prairies... MOTHER EARTH... ECOLOGY... GOD...

Peter, Paul and Mary --- "When will they EVER learn?..."

ONE Don Quixote... TWO don Quixotes... THREE Don Quixotes... NINE Don Quixotes... TWENTY-SEVEN Don Quixotes... SEVEN HUNDRED & TWENTY-NINE Don Quixotes... FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED & FORTY-ONE Don Quixotes...
TWO HUNDRED & EIGHTY-TWO BILLION, FOUR HUNDRED & TWENTY-NINE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED & THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE Don Quixotes...

POWER - STRENGTH - PURPOSE ? YES, ED, GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION IS THE ANSWER!

ONE match in the darkness... ONE candle lights the next... the process then becomes self-fulfilling, and ENLIGHTENMENT RESULTS!

History tells us that in every NATION, when the PEOPLE SPEAK OUT - Poets, Authors, Scientists, Engineers, and others of INTELLIGENCE --- DEMAND THE TRUTH... DEMAND ACTION... STAND UNIFIED... only then will the "HOUSE OF CARDS" finally TUMBLE!

SO ... continue to WRITE RIGHT... my Friend, then HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL!

WANTED --- JUST ONE MORE... TIRED, OLD, BATTLED-SCARRED KNIGHT !!!

A NEW WORLD AWAITS... !!! Pax Tecum, Tom.

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg

Reviewed on October 11, 2007

encourage your waste company to pick up curb side - but not in bags...in Oregon we rake them into the curbs and twice each season they are removed to a compost center...there are issues with burning if you live in an area with an inversion layer...the smoke can hang in for days...but i also remember as a child, the metal cans we set our leaves in to burn them...there were designated burn days per neighborhood...it was a social gathering as everyone came out and stood around their cans...and i will always remember that smell...

Reviewed by Barbara Smith

Reviewed on October 11, 2007

Ed, your wonderful writings always bring us a lesson to learn. You bring us such good topics to dwell upon and to learn about. You should have your own magazine so you could share your great articles with the world.

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

i remember the same and now compost them or let them fetilize the ground where they lay-the quotes and poem are great-thank you for the trip down memory lane

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Sadly, our politicians of today are more like the snake oil salesman of the past. Promise the people anything, say what they want, or think they want to hear and when elected rape and pillage those who put you there. Gone are the days of truth and honesy. Gone are the days of a gentlemen's agreement on a hand shake. Find it all so very sad.....

Be safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Some of my fondest memories as a child in a big family was the piles of leaves we all helped rake up and then our father holding our hands while we all jumped into them at once.
A Rockefellow painting if ever there was one.
Love,
Susan

Reviewed by Kathy Armijo

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

All in the name of progress. Yeah, right - NOT! But, your advice is sound.

Kathy

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge Poetess Of The Heart

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

You teach truth and wisdom Ed, enjoyed and was touched.

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

You always wrap your important info in such lovely poems Ed! You are a skillful writer!(among other things;-)

Love,
Tiger Lily

Reviewed by Marguerite Lemoine

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

if people and animals are recycled (returned to the earth) why not leaves? 'lil flower

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

I remember, too...bring back the good ole days!!!! Well done, Ed.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Thats a good picture of the NJ Turnpike you got there...e

Reviewed by Georg Mateos

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

35% of Scandinavians burn the autumn leaves, the other 65% make compost to fertilize their gardens.
If you find a leaft in a landfield, it was left there by the wind.
We should be thanking, for now, to have not so screwed up governments.
Georg

Reviewed by George Carroll

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Progress?

Reviewed by J. Allen Wilson

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Ahh...that is a glorious smell sir...but I have fore years cut them up with the mower where they fall and return them from whence they came...(seems to be all about the oil)

Allen

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Good advice to heed, Mr. Ed., but I miss the smell of burning leaves; I always have loved the way burning leaves smell in the fall. Very well done; bravo!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your (arachiphobic) friend, Karen Lynn. :D

Reviewed by Walt Hardester

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Thanks Ed...This is "mulch" needed advice.

Walt

Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader)

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

I wish we could turn back the time clocks and we all lived in the good old days when life was so much simplar, so much healthier...the burning of leaves was a welcome smell...I remember. All my best, Holly

Reviewed by Christine Alwin

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Ed, I too love the days of burning leaves,, I am fortunate to live on 5 acres surrounded by much wet land and natural park , so my leaves are recycled the good earthly way. Thanks for opening eyes, and bringing this to our attention.

Reviewed by Staci Gansky-Wagner

Reviewed on October 10, 2007

Good idea. When we moved out of Phila to the suburbs we had to start bagging our leaves, my husband and I hate doing this every year. Maybe we can find a way to mulch instead.

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