[Critique Group 1] Reminder

[tuchyner5 at aol.com]

Hi Ladies,

It'stime for you to get your pieces in. Mine is below.

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The Earth is Getting Noisier

 

Please speak louder. I can’t catch you,

too much racket to grasp your intent.

When I venture forth for my saunters 

the noise of leaf blowers fills my head --

lawn mowers and their awful bedlam --

tree saws and their abrading, grinding roar --

traffic and its calamitous clamor --

construction with its cacophony --

unsuspected horn toots and tire squeals. 

 

In the morning after garbage trucks, 

or late evening when people settle down, 

you can still hear sounds of the neighborhood --

people talking, laughing, living their lives --

children playing, learning the games of life --

geese honking as they fly high overhead. 

 

Did you know that song birds have learned

to sing louder to overcome 

the brassy assault of modern noise --

so they can be heard and recognized? 

 
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