Mother Nature & Her Human Friends

<p>Mother Nature and Her Human Friends is a narrative poem. The characters include Will a twenty-year-old who works for Miller the landscaper of the Bonvern Valley Park. Will discovers a cave of vines and a hidden pool and tired of his studio apartment spends the night in the cave with his dog Hilda. He has a dream vision of Mother Nature who speaks to him and creates a new direction for his life. A day later Will meets Linda in the cave and together they gather a new group called Mother Nature's Friends. They build a network to save the forest and the wetland in their valley and risk their lives to protect the living beauty around them. </p><p>I've worked all my life trying to re-envision who we are and what nature is and can be. The idea that nature has no soul is a travesty a monstrous loss of our identity. But now I see a different goal a new role for us to play.<br>- Lisa Nieves Parks Commissioner for Bonvern Valley</p>