This great video shows Snyder talking about a great many important issues and also he reads and discusses some of his work.
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You’re very welcome
THANK YOU so much for posting this!
That makes a world unfit for life
Toxic wastes destroy our seas
While poison gas pollutes the air
A waste of life, while no one cares
The earth becomes a giant tomb
Critical mass will be achieved
And ruins will be all that’s left
A hell on earth, what we create
Dragging life to death with us
All living things destroyed or used
By shortsighted human beings
We do these things, let them be done
Apathy creates despair
The damamge done will be too great
The world wounded beyond repair
The bio-sphere, the place we live
It seems like we don’t give a damn
Other species flushed down the tubes
We need another race to rape
The way we live, we will destroy
Every other living thing
Till none are left except our race
And then we will destroy ourselves
Another forest dies
Bring on the acid rain
Slightly insane, the type of greed
That makes a world unfit for life
Check out Nuclear Assault’s video ‘Crtical Mass’ if you want a good ecoccentric thrash metal song. Good stuff.
Sorry?
Next time you want to wipe your ass use a spotted owl
Restoring industrial hemp to its rightful place in agriculture today will return much control to our farmers, and away from the multinational corporations that dominate our political process and destroy our environment. These capital-intensive, non-sustainable industries have usurped our economic resources and clear-cut huge tracts of the world’s forests, given us massive oil spills, wars, toxic waste, massive worldwide pollution, global warming and the destruction of entire ecosystems.
A legend! Thank you.
Thanks for the video. I really did enjoy it.
They weren’t laughing because it was a joke. That’s just the way he put his point across, successfully
I wouldn’t say its a shame. They were just laughing because it was presented in a somewhat comical manner. I think even the people laughing still recognized the truth behind it.
He wasn’t joking about the trees just passing through. It’s a shame that everyone laughed
Glad you like it
What are you talking about?
Awesome.
Good deed by posting this.
hahhahahhaa
The only good “Beat” poet was Bob Kaufman – necessary, ephemeral and forgotten.
The West Coast White American fascination with Asian philosophy is based on the homogenous, fascist grounding of Asian culture.
Don’t believe the hype!
Thank *you* for watching :)
thank you for posting this
No worries. I have it in hard copy too so hopefully will be able to keep it!
Thanks for posting this. I borrowed this on VHS from a library years ago and haven’t been able to find it since.
the real work, indeed…
It does for me too, Shakti. It really really does. May Shakti herself bless you.
to know that japhy ryder is out there in the world gives me hope in humanity. thank you so much for posting this amazing series