natures beauty can render me breathless
but her wrath is utterly fierce, relentless
best listen to her warnings
enjoy the cloudless days
but heed her tormented lashings
find harmony with my environment
for rape and pillage are so needless
life and land breached senseless
making me rootless and restless
when I tread with respect I am weightless
so it’s my choice if I am helpless or harmless
balance must be restored for survival
but we can do it together fearlessly
for her beauty and wonder are flawless
dVerse, Laura,challenge is to choose ONE or MORE from THE LIST of words BELOW and include it/them in the body and/or title of your poem. If possible, add a soupçon of hopefulness for Hope is the message in this first advent week!
ageless ~ boundless ~ breathless ~ careless ~ cloudless ~ colourless ~ faceless ~ fearless ~ feckless ~ flawless ~ formless ~ harmless ~ heedless ~ helpless ~ homeless ~ listless ~ needless ~ restless ~ rootless ~ senseless ~ tasteless ~ weightless ~ windowless ~ wordless ~
aroused 
Nature can be beautiful but if you try to harm it , it’ll surely take vengeance.
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for sure, that’s exactly what is happening right now!
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Sorry to hear of your heat wave in Australia now. Nature’s wrath is speaking everywhere now.
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it is indeed
we need to heed!
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Great poem 💜
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Great message…..love this poem.
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thanks heaps Elizabeth, you are always so kind and positive 🙂
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Less is more Kate! You used just about all of the ‘less words 🙂 I loved your poem 💕
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thanks so much Christine … I was on a roll 🙂
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i loved your message. I know how passionate you are about the environment☺️
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Love the photo which underpins the mood of the poem so well, portents arising.
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thanks Paul, from right outside my door … but heavy smoke laden air again today! It’s becoming a regular feature 😦
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Yes, hard to comprehend the duration of these fires, unprecedented, and so deadly.
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so much waste and destruction … the spotter choppers are frequently refueling here, big fires just north so I worry about the communities there. They live humbly but right in the midst of the bush 😦
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Yes, everyone at risk.
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Absolutely beautiful use of the prompts!
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Oh yes… and not only that we have to do it to save ourselves…
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Hello Kate, I tried to comment on your recent post “bloke”. I am not sure why but were not able to comment or like.
I hope you have not block me 😉
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oh never Rupali! I have made a formal complaint as I’ve had major WP hassles for nearly a month now 😦
But what you say could explain a lot of things if ppl can’t like or comment, thanks for letting me know but I have no idea how to ‘fix’ it 🙂
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Hope all will be normal soon.
Have a wonderful weekend Kate.
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Nope still painfully slow …
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The wrath of weather can punish severely. It is amazing the contrast on can experience.
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Excellent poem! And such an important message, SweetKate!
Your word-pics are so vivid and they touch my emotions. I have tears in my eyes right now.
I wish more people felt the way you do about our earth.
But then, nature often makes sense, has reason, and is orderly, and people do not and are not.
(((HUGS)))
PS…My internet was out for over 24 hours, but watch out! I’m back on-line now! 🙂
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Word lists can be a challenge. You mastered this one.
I get to view my nature regularly. We had a dusting of snow overnight.
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A call to action–I like the fierceness. (K)
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Awesome 👍 👍👍 poem, Kate and her beauty is flawless and boundless. Too good
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I see a lot of people agree that the phrase ‘when I tread with respect I am weightless’ is such a good one!
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So much truth in this poem, Kate.
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Good use of the prompt and an uplifting message to boot!
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Well done! I agree we sell the earth short… it is much more relentless than we ever were!
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Powerful use of the prompt words, Kate.
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nature is beauty and fury – powerful words Kate
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Amazing inclusion of all the “-less” words! Bravo
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BOOM – nailed it…just beautiful!!
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I agree with Sarah and love the line.”when I tread with respect I am weightless.” It must have taken a lot of work Kate!
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mere minutes Marie, it rolled out as I read the prompt .. that’s how most poems come to me. But seem to resonate stronger, thanks 🙂
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That’s a lovely gift to possess. Keep getting lost in flow and creating! X
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Yes – such a powerful poem about this very vital issue! Love the contrast between the inspiration nature can provide us (boundless) and the distress shots she’s throwing out (relentless). Great work!
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wow………..sometimes your writing leaves me speechless, this is one of those times.
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when I tread with respect I am weightless
I love that line.
This is such a great call for awareness and respect for the world around us. I’m glad you ended on a hopeful note, it’s so easy to despair, and despair brings paralysis.
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