The churning of bulldozers leveling creation. I still have memories of the bulldozers that were part of shallow, bituminous coal mining. Giant draglines excavated the coal while bulldozers leveled the wreckage of what had once been a large area my brother and I explored. It seemed fit to add lots of cane sugar to the fuel tanks.
“Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County / Down by the green river where paradise lay? / Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking / Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away” (John Prine)
The peaceful calm of nature interrupted by the oncoming bulldozers. Steinbeck has a scene like this in the Grapes of Wrath. This made me think of that. When that comparison surfaces I think the writer has succeeded.
The flight of fire flies
Never to be seen
Habits bull dozed
Time tracks
Progress.
Thank you RB
I miss catching fireflies.
The geography and tragedy of progress!
Thanks Stan
what a juxtaposition of mood, Jonathan, and beautifully done. just as it happens, no extraneous words.
Thank you, Patris.
The churning of bulldozers leveling creation. I still have memories of the bulldozers that were part of shallow, bituminous coal mining. Giant draglines excavated the coal while bulldozers leveled the wreckage of what had once been a large area my brother and I explored. It seemed fit to add lots of cane sugar to the fuel tanks.
“Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County / Down by the green river where paradise lay? / Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking / Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away” (John Prine)
Prime practiced economy of utterance.
Sad. So common.
Hey there! Thank you
“Bulldozers leveling the land” feels dense and heavy… almost unbearable.
Thanks Mahdi. You’re right, but for me it’s infused with paradox, irony, mixed feelings. Hopkins is instructive, especially maybe God’s Grandeur.
The peaceful calm of nature interrupted by the oncoming bulldozers. Steinbeck has a scene like this in the Grapes of Wrath. This made me think of that. When that comparison surfaces I think the writer has succeeded.
Oh God you break my heart. Here's a foto of 'meadowlark ln' apropos of this for you https://www.instagram.com/p/CpynJ6NsUCw/?igsh=MTB3a3B3OGJuYnNvMg==