{"id":46844,"date":"2020-07-15T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=46844"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T17:36:43","slug":"cameroon%e2%80%99s-most-precious-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/cameroon%e2%80%99s-most-precious-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon\u2019s most precious resource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are selling ourselves short<br \/>\nWhat is an irreverence<br \/>\nThe great aged forests<br \/>\nPriceless if sold<br \/>\nTrees  of great age<br \/>\nAnd a wealth of wild treasures<br \/>\nGifted by the gods<br \/>\nAnd right off the page<br \/>\nWhen It comes to wonders<br \/>\nSuch admiration<br \/>\nMiraculously so<br \/>\nBreathtaking medicines<br \/>\nYet to be discovered<br \/>\nAnd wonderful wild souls<br \/>\nWho are in the know<\/p>\n<p>Gorillas,Chimpanzee\u2019s<br \/>\nMandrills and the Columbus<br \/>\nPangolins, Elephants<br \/>\nAll of repute<br \/>\nThey know the aura<br \/>\nThe mystique and flora<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Foresry<br \/>\nWill be the poorer<br \/>\nFor tearing it all down<br \/>\nLogging, destroying<br \/>\nThe unbelievable lineage<br \/>\nWasted forlorn<br \/>\nThe flourish of richness<br \/>\nGreat groves of splendour<br \/>\nA living pageantry<br \/>\nAll of it torn<\/p>\n<p>Down in crescendo\u2019s<br \/>\nOf many offended<br \/>\nCrushing retort<br \/>\nAnd shame and disgrace<br \/>\nconfusion and chaos<br \/>\nWitness the thunder<br \/>\nAs Nobleness crashes down<br \/>\nAll over the place<br \/>\nThey boast that the palm  oil<br \/>\nWill make back the money<br \/>\nIt is a travesty<br \/>\nAnd it is wrong<br \/>\nYou put into peril the wildness<br \/>\nOf Nature<br \/>\nIgnore the gods wisdom<br \/>\nFor we all belong<\/p>\n<p>In a land before time<br \/>\nTo a great princely kingdom<br \/>\nAffording the animals<br \/>\nHomes that they know<br \/>\nTearing it all down<br \/>\nReplacing with Palm Oil<br \/>\nWill be a catastrophe<br \/>\nA terrible blow<br \/>\nCameroon raise your tune<br \/>\nThe forest uniquely<br \/>\nYour selling point<br \/>\nYour celebration<br \/>\nThe jubilant voices<br \/>\nOf all the wild species<br \/>\nA marriage of miracles<br \/>\nYes you have choices<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be impatient<br \/>\nWith the best intentions<br \/>\nBounteous unjealous beauty<br \/>\nSurvives<br \/>\nGentleness softness<br \/>\nBlessings of heaven<br \/>\nResponsive benevolence<br \/>\nAll of these lives<br \/>\nThose credible animals<br \/>\nWonderful forests<br \/>\nRich Ancient earths<br \/>\nResponsive and raw<br \/>\nImporting balefulness<br \/>\nFerocious barbarity<br \/>\nTearing it all down<br \/>\nIn what is a war<\/p>\n<p>With the gods and the spirits<br \/>\nNature eternal<br \/>\nCrusading errantry<br \/>\nWe must now care<br \/>\nForget about palm oil<br \/>\nIt wipes out all miracles<br \/>\nDrives away wildness<br \/>\nAnd causes despair<\/p>\n<p>A poem inspired by Roman Klevets<br \/>\nOf Ukraine<br \/>\nA champion in he saving of Primeval Forests<br \/>\nAnd all that reside there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are selling ourselves short What is an irreverence The great aged forests Priceless if sold Trees of great age And a wealth of wild treasures Gifted by the gods And right off the page When It comes to wonders &hellip; 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