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Originally Posted by Owl-Light In my own immitable way...? Ok here it comes 
I don't write poetry, I just let it out. Some people are very careful about metre and rhyme and what calssification of poetry they are working with - its a mental process for them. Thats not the way it works for me. Something in my subconscious wants to be said and it ends up of the end of my pen, the most I do with it is tidy it up a bit. From a technical standpoint it's probably faulty but I'm not really interested in technal issues.
Poetry is not always meant to be literal, it often points to a way of understanding something or seeing it with new eyes in a way that helps you see what lies beneath the surface. Do you see beneath the surface Paul?  All the problems you describe can be boiled down to a sense of disconnection. A rediscovery of our very real connection to this land would solve them all. No, really. But there are those who can only see that as a Utopian fantasy and refuse to take their shoes off 
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I love your use of words and wish I could match your approach.
I do think this abstract view of things gives kudos to the seer and tends to put them on a higher plane,then along come the bandwagon jumpers.
Emperors and new clothes come to mind.
The point I was trying to get across in my hamfisted way, is that unless we deal with the real issues that are kicking the door in at the moment, then the spirit of England will be lost forever.
You say that if we rediscover our very real connection to this land all the problems I described would be solved, but how do you know this, it is just a flowery sentiment that has no fact or foundation.
Describing a fantasy that I can't see gives you an advantage in any debate because you can simply call me "one eyed" and accuse me of having no soul, but can't realists have soul too?
I say again, I loved your poem and admire your use of words, but it's muscle, not thought, that brings the coal in for the fire!!