Cedars Of Lebanon Cedars Of America Poem by O Anna Niemus

The Sahara was multiplied as
Roman shipbuilders clear cut
the ancient trees of North Africa.

The cedars of Lebanon were cut...
for ships, for temples...

Samson Loggers l pulling down
the pillars of God's jade shrines

The cedars of America have been
clear cut...700 year old cedars
.. with the help of the US Forest Service
of the USDA under both George Bushes
and William Clinton and Ronald Reagan.

Ecoterrorist Paul Bunyan has been
glorified in children's books
as murdered tree bodies
are sent down brooks.

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The text and audio book Dark Justice
by William Bernhardt explores
the environmental movement's
more radical activists..
in a courtroom drama and murder mystery.

He said that Paul Bunyan had been made
a hero and that a 700 year old cedar
was cut down with the imprimatur of
the USDA.