- C.S. Lewis
How will the legend of the age of trees
Feel, when the last tree falls in England?
When the concrete spreads and the town conquers
The country’s heart; when contraceptive
Tarmac’s laid where farm has faded,
Tramline flows where slept a hamlet,
And shop-fronts, blazing without a stop from
Dover to Wrath, have glazed us over?
Simplest tales will then bewilder
The questioning children, “What was a chestnut?
Say what it means to climb a Beanstalk,
Tell me, grandfather, what an elm is.
What was Autumn? They never taught us.”
Then, told by teachers how once from mould
Came growing creatures of lower nature
Able to live and die, though neither
Beast nor man, and around them wreathing
Excellent clothing, breathing sunlight –
Half understanding, their ill-acquainted
Fancy will tint their wonder-paintings
Trees as men walking, wood-romances
Of goblins stalking in silky green,
Of milk-sheen froth upon the lace of hawthorn’s
Collar, pallor in the face of birchgirl.
So shall a homeless time, though dimly
Catch from afar (for soul is watchfull)
A sight of tree-delighted Eden.
.... And then Aslan comes out of nowhere and destroys humanity!!!
I'm sorry, I'm still giddy about the fact that C.S. Lewis (the guy who wrote Narnia) wrote poetry.
Anywho, The Future of Forestry brings up a few good points about today's state of environmental affairs. The planet, on the whole, is undergoing deforestation at an alarming rate. Lewis theorizes that eventually, we are going to take over the natural world, making such references like chestnuts and Jack and the Beanstalk irrelevant. More importantly, it will bring about the rise of the plants....
It kinda relates back to the Phoenix theme from Fahrenheit 451. Life will occur in cycles. Humans built over the plants using concrete, allowing plants to rise as sentient beings, creating super - plants capable of killing humanity. Those who survive will off the plants again, and the cycle continues!...
Not really.
It kinda relates back to the Phoenix theme from Fahrenheit 451. Life will occur in cycles. Humans built over the plants using concrete, allowing plants to rise as sentient beings, creating super - plants capable of killing humanity. Those who survive will off the plants again, and the cycle continues!...
Not really.
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