National Treasures
The Narrows, Buffalo River, AR by David Dedman
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crystal clear waters
soft clouds pass lush green mountains
beautiful treasures
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Sadly our beautiful Buffalo River is being polluted by hog farms moving into the surrounding lands. Despite research showing the harm and voracious protests, the state has continued to grant permits for large scale hog farming. The Buffalo River was once so pristine it was selected as the country’s first National River. Now, it routinely has algae blooms from the excess fertilizer and hog farm runoff. When will we learn?
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Thanks Ribana. I’m glad you enjoyed this.
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There’s no excuse for damaging (permanently) natural beauty. Your haiku is lovely, as is the photo. 🙂
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Agreed Dorinda. Thanks for caring. Together we can make a difference.
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Always. We only have one space on this planet. We need to wake up!! 🙂
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Rise and shine. 🙂
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That is sad to read Brad, too many of our earths waterways are being polluted.. But a stunning view and lovely poem Brad… Indeed When WILL we learn??
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Thanks for caring Sue. We can still hope and take action.
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Oh those huge vat hog farms are a disgrace. Love your poem Brad.
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Agreed Cindy. Especially when it contaminates water sources.
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Beautiful words of nature, Brad but at the same time feeling so bad for this gorgeous river what to do except wait and watch.
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Thanks for caring Kamal. Locally, we’re trying to get the permits removed.
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Welcome Brad and that is good news such great river hope all goes well.
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Thanks.
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Welcome
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A fabulous photograph and words, but I am sad to hear that over farming is causing problems for this beautiful water way. We must learn to live in harmony with the land and nature around us…..Thank you once again for a brilliant post. Janet 🙂
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Agreed Janet. We need to wake up and create more harmonious ways of living with nature.
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Together we can make change….x
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Yes. 🙂
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The reflection of the sky in the water – so incredible! And your poem is lovely as always. It is truly sad with what happens around with pure nature …
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Thanks for appreciating the beauty. May we translate our caring into responsible action.
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That you truly say – I hope to find the courage and power to act in more ways.
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hopefully not too late. humanity is not wise.
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Yes, we often get caught up in short sighted actions.
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gorgeous photo! and beautiful haiku brad…it truly saddens my heart to consistently hear more of these kinds of stories. thank you for highlighting the beauty and gift nature provides for us, as a way to remember our connection to her ❤
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It saddens me too Tania. I hope we find better ways of living with nature.
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Beautiful words and beautiful photograph! I often wonder in the dead of night if we will ever be able to change what is happening. It seems so huge a problem to be solved. Hopefully when the upcoming indictments happen we will see many of these closed minded politicians removed from office and maybe even in prison. Treason should not go unpunished, ever! Then we will have made space for new minds and new thinkers! Until such time about all we can do is speak out and help clean up….Someone needs to write and photograph a before and after book of all the sacred places being destroyed. People need to see what is happening….Thanks for sharing…VK 🙂
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You’re welcome VK. I wonder and worry about the planet (and politics) too. And then I find solace in the idea that the planet will likely re-balance after humans die off.
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Breathtaking views and a lovely poem to go with it! 😊
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Thanks Julie!
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That’s so sad………
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Agreed.
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A beautiful haiku capturing the magic of the stunning landscape. It’s sad that is has become so polluted and how many times will we have to ask: will we ever learn? The answer alas is a resounding no!
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Thanks for caring Annika. As more of us wake up to the connection with nature, we might turn it around.
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I do have some hope of that and the young people such as Greta Thunberg and her work is heartening to witness. With calm, wisdom and poise, she has ignisted a passion for the environment around the world; I have to trust their actions will have some effect.
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I’m glad to know you still have hope Annika. I too am heartened by Greta and other motivated young people.
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What a gorgeous view – and how sad to hear it’s being polluted. When will people learn, indeed – when they have no other choice left, it seems! There are lots of positive developments in the area of plastic waste pollution and such – I hope people who have woken up to the seriousness of mother Earths plight will turn the tide! ♥
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Thanks Wendy. We might need the hard wake up calls before we change our ways. I hope not. 🙂
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The sad thing is humans keep taking and taking. Once everything is completely lost (which will be obviously too late) – only then will we learn…the hard way 😕
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Yes, we seem to be close to the point of no return.
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This is what scares me most – the constant disregard for what matters in exchange for personal interest and selfish needs.
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I understand. Thankfully many of us are waking up. We each must do what we can personally and collectively.
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Maybe it’s the change we need. Even if it comes at a high price.
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Beautiful picture and poem, my friend! But the story you tell about the pollution is unfortunately a common one in many places, including here is Florida.
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Yes, I know many places have worse pollution. With less population, we’ve been somewhat protected here in Arkansas.
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Sadly, man will never learn. Or perhaps he will when it is too late.
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I hope you’re wrong. We would have to make big changes asap to turn things around.
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Beautiful verbiage with a beautiful picture! Breaks my heart to read of the pollution…you’re right….when will we ever learn?
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Thanks for caring Kirt. I guess when enough of us do the right things.
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Man, you’d think we would have learned by now, right?
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Yes and no. 🙂 Overall I’ve become more cynical and yet I don’t want to give up hope.
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