America, the Most Advanced throwaway Society (poem) by Karen C Vanderlaan on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on April 26, 2009

The killing machine, the eating of everything with four legs and a heartbeat is something shameful. I hope real change comes this millennium and we take a step up the evolutionary ladder before it's too late.

Reviewed by L. Figgins

Reviewed on April 24, 2009

Yes, we are a throw-away society(I wouldn't say advanced, I'd say very disfunctional)and expedience has become our creed. The treatment of animals reflects our values as it pertains to life in general. So very sad...Lin

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson

Reviewed on April 23, 2009

Powerful write, Karen.

Reviewed by Gene Williamson

Reviewed on April 23, 2009

"A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" wrote Shakespeare.
Today, it seems all too often that the only thing we value is the kind of greed that discarded those polo horses and, as Karla said,
people who have used up their usefulness. -gene.

Reviewed by E T Waldron

Reviewed on April 23, 2009

Karen, I have to agree with your title and last line! It's sad but true and you'd think we could do something to bring about change. But then there is that same snag of not enough who will unite,and try to make an impact! I was sick to learn of the carelessness of the pharmacy that gave the precription with too much of one ingredient,making them bleed internally, that killed the 20 polo horses. Our society has become ship-shod, and wears blinders,not willing to get involved. It makes me cry at the same time I want to rage!...ET

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on April 23, 2009

The most advanced throw-away society ever.

I sadly believe that we are advancing backwards, as our throw-away tendencies horrendously increase. You've shown that man once had far more respect for horses, and I know for a fact that we once had far more respect for pets and nature. Now, we just throw away our dogs and cats when they're not convenient anymore, and we destroy everything in nature that's in our way. We don't seem very 'advanced,' at all.

Reviewed by Georg Mateos

Reviewed on April 23, 2009

"He rode his mustang on the virgin prairie taking in his nostrils the scent of the land he loved and respected, he was the forefather of the Native Americans that hold the Mother Earth as pristine as the Great Spirit gave it to them."

Georg

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

I never knew how nice it was to be owned by a horse till my fiance introduced me to hers...His name was Sinders, a Tenn Walker & he actually liked me...even I could tell as he treated me differently from other men...he had to be put down after a very bad injury & I for one still miss him a great deal...Ed

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

Powerfully penned, Karen, not only animals, but people, too - when we've used up our usefulness, out we go - shame.

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

Reviewed by Ch'erie de Perrot

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

It's all a Horses...You know what now eh.
Thumbs up for the equines, all day everyday. ty Karen
Love ch'erie

Reviewed by Cynthia Buhain-Baello

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

This breaks my heart and I have a dear friend who cares so much for his horses, this "option" will cause his early demise. Why can't supposedly intelligent human beings think of more positive solutions instead of these measures?

Cynthia

Reviewed by Marcia Miller-Twiford

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

Your poem really describes the US today Karen. I never thought I'd be ashamed to be an American but that thought is beginning to creep in now and then. I don't watch much TV but last Sunday I chanced upon a program, "Platinum Brides" where the couple spent over eighty-thousand dollars on table linens for their reception. How many starving people would that amount of money feed? How many homeless would it provide shelter for? I wish I could win the California Lottery so I could give all the money away. I know this isn't the subject of your poem but I had an urge to get on my soap box.
Hugs,
Marcia

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg

Reviewed on April 22, 2009

any society that sees only in means of destruction as solution instead of means of salvation...is mentally ill - It is good to question everything!