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The Futility of All Activity
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The words of Kohelethson of David, king in Jerusalem. Utter futility!—said Koheleth— Utter futility! All is futile! What real value is there for a man In all the gainshe makes beneath the sun?…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Philosophy, Ecology

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
The Ascent of Man
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Struck out of dim fluctuant forces and shock of electrical vapour, Repelled and attracted the atoms flashed mingling in union primeval, And over the face of the waters far heaving…

Contributor:

Mathilde Blind

Places:

London, United Kingdom

Date:

1889

Subjects:

Feminism, Ecology, Women, Philosophy, Scholarship

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Amid Breathtaking Bougainvilleas
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Amid breathtaking bougainvilleas I while away my time One floor up Emilia’s Flimsy lingerie is hanging on a line Tiny hummingbirds hover Around a wistful rose A mouse caught in a saucer Watch where…

Contributor:

Mikhail Grobman

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

2000

Subjects:

Cities, Ecology, Philosophy

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry, Literature
To the wheel that turns the river’s waters
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To the wheel that turns the river’s waters And brings them upward from the flowing deep, I sing this song, a song to banish sorrow. For all who love and cherish and desire The ways of poetry and…

Contributor:

Solomon Mazal Tov

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

Mid-16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Poets, Philosophy, Ecology

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry