The Natural World
The natural world becomes less natural when
We leave behind our plastic past
When we throw inorganic debris into its sea
When we secretly dump our toxic waste in reprehensible haste
When impervious politicians push back against laws
To keep our flawless green spaces green and clean
When we stump on the seeds of the earth by cutting down trees
To make more room for the gentrification of our open spaces
To the dehumanization and exclusion of “other” races
The natural world becomes less natural when
We don’t ardently squawk our exhortations against unnatural offences
It will be more natural when it finally dawns on us that
WE WILL ALL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!!!
Natural Haikus
Opened eyes see cloudy skies
Summer rain will fall down to earth
Gives rise to the rose…
Sun shines behind shady clouds
Naked trees do a grotesques winter dance
Waiting for clouds to fall
Birds waggle in their nests
Spring gives rise to fools for love
Happily flipping off the snowflakes
The Jolly Butterfly
“Jolly Butterfly” image c/o Jacques Fleury
The jolly jolie butterfly is throwing a party
It is expected to be a treat to its natural family
It is staging a grand theatrical production
And it’s seeking principal backers
So naturally it is producing a backers’ audition
Where it will beckon all their butterfly and insect ancestry
To strut contentiously their intrinsic beauty and esthetic ability
So that all the spectators can see
All those who work tirelessly
To speak up!
Stand up!
And own up!
When it comes to circumstances
Involving environmental grievances
All their allies from environmental protection agencies
And passionate college students from MASSPIRG
Ensures that their voices are HEARD!
Vociferously voice their obsecration
To liberate the earth from ostracization
So, the jolly jolie butterfly is throwing a party
And you are naturally invited to celebrate earthly beauty
That it is unstintingly striving to hold onto for posterity…
Jacques Fleury is a Boston Globe featured Haitian American Poet, Educator, Author of four books and literary arts student at Harvard University online. His latest publication “You Are Enough: The Journey to Accepting Your Authentic Self” & other titles are available at all Boston Public Libraries, the University of Massachusetts Healey Library, University of Wyoming, Askews and Holts Library Services in the United Kingdom, The Harvard Book Store, The Grolier Poetry Bookshop, Amazon etc… He has been published in prestigious publications such as Spirit of Change Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Litterateur Redefining World anthologies out of India, Poets Reading the News, the Cornell University Press anthology Class Lives: Stories from Our Economic Divide, Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene among others…Visit him at: http://www.authorsden.com/jacquesfleury.–
