The poem text is below. It is a first draft written during the week of March 10, 2025. It is another hai-net, seven loosely linked strictly syllabic sort-of haiku that together have some of the characteristics of a sonnet. Please “use your voice, earthlings!”

even short scraggly
pines whisper heart longing songs
with gods breath in them

ravens on tall pines
sound alarms protest loudly
silence condemns us

yesterday the stream
sang joyful spring snowmelt songs
today ice is back

the old activist
sings out we shall overcome
dying in the wind

nevertheless she
persists a grouse hen gives all
to save what she loves

estonia rose
singing as one for freedom
beauty to die for

as long as earth breathes
wind will lift her song back up
use your voice earthlings

3/12/25