Earth Day Poem

Copyright © 1995 by Jane Yolen
Source: The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book (Houghton Mifflin, 1995)

I am the Earth

And the Earth is me.

Each blade of grass,

Each honey tree,

Each bit of mud,

And stick and stone

Is blood and muscle,

Skin and bone.

 

And just as I

Need every bit

Of me to make

My body fit,

So Earth needs

Grass and stone and tree

And things that grow here

Naturally.

 

That’s why we

Celebrate this day.

That’s why across

The world we say:

As long as life,

As dear, as free,

I am the Earth

And the Earth is me.

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Light a Candle for Peace

written by Shelley Murley

LYRICS

Light a candle for peace
Light a candle for love
Light a candle that shines
All the way around the world

Light a candle for me
Light a candle for you
That our wish for world peace
Will one day come true (x2)

Sing peace around the world
Sing peace around the world
Sing peace around the world
Sing peace around the world

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I Am the Earth

Music and lyrics © Glyn Lehmann 2007

LYRICS

I am the river flowing
I am the desert dry
I am the four winds blowing
I am the sunset sky

I am the forest breathing
I am the ocean wide
I am the storm clouds gathering
I am the mountain high

CHORUS

I am the Earth
I am the Earth
I am the Earth
I am the Earth

We are the children growing
You are the place we live
We are the seed you’re sowing
We are the life you give

We are the future rising
We will be your voice
We will watch and learn from you
We will make the choice

CHORUS
I am the Earth. (You’re in our hands)
I am the Earth. (We’re in your care)
I am the Earth (Together we stand)
I am the Earth (This moment in time we share)

I am the river flowing
We are the children growing
I am the desert dry
You are the place we live

I am the four winds blowing
We are the seed you’re sowing
I am the sunset sky
We are the life you give

I am the forest breathing
We will be your voice
I am the storm clouds gathering
We will make the choice

CHORUS
I am the Earth. (You’re in our hands)
I am the Earth. (We’re in your care)
I am the Earth (Together we stand)
I am the Earth (This moment in time we share)

We share the future
Stand side by side
One Earth, one people
We’ll turn the tide

And in the future
They’ll say with pride
One Earth, one people
We turned the tide

Side by side

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Mother Earth

LYRICS

Mother Earth, Mother Earth,
Take this seed and give it birth.

Father Sun, gleam and glow
Until the roots begin to grow.

Sister Rain, Sister Rain
Shed thy tears to swell the grain.

Brother Wind, breathe and blow,
Then the blade of green will grow.

Earth and Sun, Wind and Rain,
Turn to gold the living grain.

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