"Steak", "O Waters",
and "Coyote Valley Spring" were titles of poems in the book
"Turtle Island" by Gary Synder. "Steak" was a poem that
focused on the human's usage of animals to help promote business, specifically restaurant
industry. These organizations paint a family image of wildlife, that invites
them to come and have a great time, but little do they know the same animal
that is promoting and advertising this business is trapped without will in a
cage not knowing when their last day will be. These animals only option is to recall
the beauty and freedom in their moment in nature. This beauty is depicted in
the last two poems “O Waters” and “Coyote Valley Spring”. In these poems Synder
depicts the natural elegance of the elements of Earth. The wildflowers, flow of
water, wind, and grazing of animals all sets the tone of peacefulness and no
worries.
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