Wednesday, May 27, 2015

NOT AT ALL SCI-FI


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Imagine a not so faraway future.
Nature has gone insane,
unpredictable droughts, floods, storms of all kinds
surprise the world, animals design new
illogical patterns of behavior, impossible
to maintain factory farming, flesh food 
has rebelled.  The earth is overworked,
too tired to produce flowers, vegetables
or fruit.  People and trees let fall their
limbs in resignation.
But
from all this devastation,
comes a revelation about discrimination.
It's those weeds
we've perceived worthless enough to kill
who bring salvation.
Humanity then confirms 
we are what we eat,
as it finds pure nourishment
in what strongly survives, growing 
abundantly, wild and free.




(For Poets United.)

22 comments:

  1. I am a big fan of dandelion root. Hope it saves us all! :)

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  2. It's those weeds
    we've perceived worthless enough to kill
    who bring salvation.

    Its so true.. most often.. the things that we deem worthless.. end up to be our sole salvation..! Loved the depth and wisdom in this gorgeous piece of work! :D

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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    1. So true, Sanaa! Sometimes what we overlook is exactly what we are looking for!

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  3. Wont that be a learning curve! I love your perspective on this..........weeds will survive, the only thing Monsanto hasnt got its hooks in!!!!!!!!! Made me smile.

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  4. UmUmUm! Yes, indeed, and that is not such fiction! Science, yes ... we would do well to learn from those plants that wish to survive! And those people, the hardy ones often overlooked. "We are what we eat." Nicely embedded in the strength of poetry.

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  5. Serve me up some weeds rather than something that has no shelf life.

    :)

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  6. Myrna,

    You are so right about how man has truly disrespected what the earth gave and with an attitude of 'don't care,' until of course it is too late in many cases to reverse the damage. Bio crops etc, harvested to return only profit, while the farming skills simply die away. Old traditions which were sufficient in many places, cast aside. There is an urgent need to return to all the plants, given for a reason!
    Eileen

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  7. Stunning.
    A sad truth which needs to be shouted from the roof tops. All of the roof tops. And the class room.

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  8. We are what we eat -umm, now that is a scary thought, isn't it?

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  9. How true this is and the enemies of course are the big pesticide companies that are threatening the survival of bees and poisoning us! Where will we be then?

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  10. I enjoyed this, Myrna. And perhaps it is not far from the truth. The weeds which we don't consider very important at all may be what saves us in the end. I do like how your mind works.

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  11. When you say,"a not so faraway future" it becomes so terrifying to watch a dying Earth in our lifetime...however there's the consolation of what will ultimately sustain us..."we are what we eat"...a great truth...

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  12. I'm sure there is a lot of truth in this.

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  13. All of this is so true, and we had better prepare our palates! Wonderful poem.

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  14. This strong theme of survival takes me back to a book i read not too long ago "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

    thanks for dropping in to read mine

    much love...

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  15. i've learned that when we all would eat vegetables and fruits instead of meat there would be plenty of food for everyone on this planet..

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  16. Oddly enough, when as a gardener I'm cursing dandelions I often remind myself of the truth you've illustrated so starkly here.

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  17. A future not too far away i fear...although appreciate the level of metaphor in this also...we often look to the superficial but what counts is underneath

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  18. That would be a very interesting day.

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  19. Deep thoughts, powerful ones, you conveyed so beautifully....I loved it!

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  20. I wish we have a future that's more peaceful, but for that we need to make our present better :-/

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  21. Indeed, Myrna, there is so much goodness growing out there in the wild. We have forgotten the bounty of nature and disdainfully call them weeds!

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