The Tree

THE  TREE by VK Mohan Let us pause for the taking of inventory, To measure the debt we owe the tree. For the searching root that knits the soil, The cooling shade for those who toil, The air we breathe, nature’s greatest gift, And the leaf that heralds each season’s...

Chief Seattle Speech

The great chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land.  We will consider your offer.  For we know that if we do not sell, the white people may come with guns and take our land. How can you buy and sell the sky, the warmth of the land?  The idea is...