We Are Denizens of The Same Ilk
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
About this poem
This poem, “We are Denizens of The Same Ilk,” was written with the aim of persuading humanity and world civilizations to better understand the significance, as well as the implications of the ecological, economic, social, and cultural crises we encounter daily, year after year, when we are motivated by selfish goals that are unmindful of the immeasurable potential we are graced with when we work collectively for the betterment of the human species and for the planet that we collectively call our home. When we ignore this opportunity, we encounter dark archetypal forces at work that impede that effort. Global financial crises, perennial international conflicts, human rights struggles, global outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics serve only as as archetypal images that remind us of the urgent need for collective therapeutic intervention. Certainly by now, we must acknowledge that we are our brothers planetary keepers. This poem, written in 1982, is a plea for humanity to embrace a collective consciousness to heal the planet of its many human imperfections. more »
Written on February 09, 1982
Submitted by karlcfolkes on October 26, 2021
Modified by karlcfolkes on November 03, 2022
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Scheme | abC bxbC aa axxx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 267 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 2, 4 |
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