Lucretius Imitation Poem: The Nature of Things

Last year in Great Conversation 4 with Dr. Vierra, we were studying Lucretius’ poem "On The Nature of Things."  After we read and discussed it, we were assigned to write an 80 line poem in the style of Lucretius.  We had to write about a problem with which our world struggles, and compose in dactylic hexameter (a poetic rhythmic scheme). So for my topic, I chose to write about the love of money because we