Heritage Lost | Poetry is my aeroplane

Heritage Lost

Posted by andysmerdon on December 30, 2015

Posted in: Poetry. Tagged: Animal, Creatures, Heritage, Hunting, iPhone photography, Kangaroo, poetry, Rifles, Spirit, Spiritual, Tribal. 10 Comments

Dead Kangaroo

He stalked the animal –

As his father had taught him,

Across the tribal lands.

Then,

With the new rifle to his shoulder

He stole the creatures spirit.

10 comments on “Heritage Lost”

Somali K Chakrabarti on December 30, 2015 at 5:25 am said:

Sadly that’s what happens. 😦

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
- andysmerdon on December 30, 2015 at 9:22 pm said:
  
  True
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
Neethu on December 30, 2015 at 6:28 am said:

Sad yet soulful…and very true ..beautifully written..👌👌

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
- andysmerdon on December 30, 2015 at 9:28 pm said:
  
  Thanks Neethu – It’s not a pleasant topic and I debated with myself about its appropriateness for public post.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
Neethu on December 30, 2015 at 9:32 pm said:

I understand but it’s soo very apt..

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
- andysmerdon on December 30, 2015 at 9:40 pm said:
  
  Thanks Neethu, I appreciate your thoughts 🙂 oh yes! and Happy New Year – wish you peace, prosperity and health for 2016
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  - Neethu on December 31, 2015 at 4:15 am said:
    
    Wishing you and your family too. .a joyful new year. .😊💞
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person
jade0207 on January 1, 2016 at 7:50 pm said:

Agreed, the man’s gone lazy and this is the unfortunate truth

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
- andysmerdon on January 2, 2016 at 6:24 am said:
  
  I’m hoping we can claw our way back 🙂
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
  - jade0207 on January 2, 2016 at 6:41 am said:
    
    Hope so!
    
    LikeLiked by 1 person

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: