Roadside Signs
PUBLISHED wFOR OPENLINK NIGHT FOR
dVERSEPOETS THIS TUESDAY IN MAY
dVERSEPOETS THIS TUESDAY IN MAY
Nine hundred miles of open road
Kites flying in the air, sign posts
Signs of something important . . .
Another make-shift memorial marking a highway death?
Some type of new American protest?
Like billboards advertising the latest fashions
Hanging like Easter eggs on high
Marking each spot
White, blue, green, yellow and
Large opaque billowing flags
Torn and shredded
Signs of our human times
Flapping in the winds
Full of air, ready for take off
But held tightly against the trees
Do you really see these roadside signs?
These open bladders of misused waste
Blossoming like the spring of a new season
Our ordinary everyday plastic bags
Dedicated to — for the joy of childhood days and roadsides free of plastic bags
Shadowleaves on Lake Ann 
Steve, thank you so much for your kind words. I am so glad you enjoyed the read. Thank you!
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Brian, thanks so much for your kind words. And I had read that California is banning the plastic bag all together!
Yes — I do think it is the right call!
So much to do — action is called for YESTERDAY!!
Always thought we would do more —
Again, thank you for reading and sharing your comments!
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Loved your reference back to the song — signs signs everywhere… 🙂 Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!
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Thanks so much for your kind words and taking your time to read! So glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you Ravenblack for reading my post & thanks so much for your wonderful words!
I think our world has allot of “signs” pointing us to action both in unhealthy environments and war torn conflicts… many areas of concerns.
Again thanks!
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We are killing this Earth with our plastics, “open bladders of misused waste,” so well put! Great work!
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yeah i see them…did you hear that they are outlawing them in california? just passed this week i think…and not a bad call at all…but i def think this speaks of our decline…like our flags flying…
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Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs….
{ami}
http://sundrysumthins.wordpress.com/
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Well written, working with the layered meaning and responsibilities of man to his environment. Enjoyed it.
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Interesting take on the subject of “signs” which can either be talking about signs purposely put up or signs such as those that point to what is happening in the environment or what might be to come from the consequences of some action. I like how the poem brings to attention that there are things there not usually noticed, that should be taken as signs: plastic bags in the wind. There really are plenty of those drifting about. Protest, signs of dissatisfaction.
Lots to think about in your poem. Very nice write.
– Ravenblack
http://theotherdayplace.blogspot.com
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