The sorrow of the ferns

An Amazon rainforest denuded
the woods down the road
an empty lot now clear cut
a landscape convulsing in pain.
 
The sorrow of the ferns
belying the natural state
the character of this place
before the hand of man.
 
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May 2, 2023

The sorrow of the ferns

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-sorrow-of-ferns.html

April 29, 2023

photos taken

Route 207

St. Augustine, FL

 

poetry, woods, ferns, development, St Augustine, wetlands, nature, climate change, growth,

 

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