Flowers listening to music of bees, roots hearing ground notes that swell
There are clicking languages in trees, their stress to other plants they tell
Weeds with their vine tips smell, while other plants they hunt as slaves
An eye in each cell sees light in all its colors, taking in infrared waves
They have life long memories and know their position in space
With a rootlike web each talks to its neighbors, trading food in charitable grace
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- Comment from author about the poem: No one would think of eating a human being, that would make you a felon But not a second thought to eating a bean or enjoying a watermelon Some will not touch meat but don't think twice of a plant to eat What is intelligent life and what do we choose to eat has been changing over the years. New technology has made us more aware that other life forms are no less intelligent than us just different. What is right and what is wrong to eat.
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Indeed, both plants and animals amaze us by their capacity to understand, sense and respond to stimuluses reaching them. For instance, the sunflower follows the path of the sun across the sky. It is said that upon sunset, they turn 180 degrees to face East again, awaiting the next sunrise. When they are laded with seeds, they are too heavy to turn.
Thank you Soman for your read and understanding words. Over our history of evolution we have slowly progressed to see other people that we saw as less than us and less than human become people, animals have intelligence and now plants have intelligence that we always denied. All life forms deserve respect and although we require their assistance in maintaining our own life as food and medicine it needs to be seen in a respectful manner so we may all coexist.
I agree with your words.
thoroughly enjoyed the read
Thank you so much for the read and comment it is most appreciated
most welcome
This made me think .. hard .. I'm just gonna eat rocks from now on .. Unless you know summat I don't .. and if ya do, then I won't .. Neville
So good to hear from you my friend. Thanks so much for the read and comment yea beyond Buddhism a respect for life that goes deep but with that a recognition that all is a part of a bigger food chain and we too will be consumed in time. I eat anything plant of animal but with greatest respect and no waste. We all need to live and we piggyback off other life forms as preditor, parasite, host, or prey. We all cycle through. A wonderful New Year to you and the best of days
Yes, they are alive. Well-worded.Your poem revolves around the hidden life of plants, their ability to communicate, and their relationships with one another and their environment. The imagery evokes a sense of wonder about the intricate
Thank you Friendship for the read and interpretation it is very important to me. I am everyday astounded by how similar all life forms are and yet we continue to treat them as nonliving and property just as we once did people and still do animals let alone plant life.
You're welcome, my dear friend; however, I must confess that your poem resonated deeply with me today, as I too possess a vivid imagination, wherein everything springs to life when we're asleep or absent, including our beds and plants, which, inexplicably, I've always fancied had a life of their own, and I indulge in this fantasy.❤️😁
Yes it's all true .
Great poem !
Thank you so much Priya for the review and supportive encouragement it is most appreciated
Soren, this is a poem of recognition. You reveal a world already communicating, remembering, and sharing, without needing humanity’s permission. By the end, grace feels ecological, not abstract. Thoughtful and quietly profound work. I am a vegetarian...but the point you raise in your note is spot on. Life is life and we consume life to live. Period. What's weird is how we value some life over others...meat and veggies alike. Yet, our discrimination is based on what? Powerful stuff, my friend. Thank you for sharing.🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thanks so much Tristan for your understanding of the intent and heart of this piece. It is not meant to deter people from eating animals or plants we all have to live but as you said recognition of what we are eating and respect for the energy that passes from one to another. My grace is not a religious one but a thanking of what I eat and asking its permission to share its energy.
Not bad to have gratitude or grace of any kind, imho! Yes, nor did I take you to be putting anyone down. Your intent comes across quite clear and the pome does not shy away from pointing out the truth. I always appreciate that about your work. Again, wonderful job and you are most welcome, my friend!
This feels patient and alive. I like how it treats plants as witnesses instead of objects.
Thanks so much Thomas for your read and your understanding of its intent. Indeed all life forms are witnesses. We are all different but at the same time all the same.
In my daftness, I've bought a tree indoors on chilly nights - a big oak tree! Or so I say. Well, I felt it was chilly outside for the poor tree to stay out all night. lol. I don't think we can take plants as sentient (feeling) beings though, like we can we animals and humans. But we should be concerned about the environment, conservation, etc.
Btu since when was I sentient towards KP? heehee.
Yet - taking this humorously or seriously - I did once advocate in a fantasy, for cabbages to have a chance of ruling the country. My slogan was 'Cabbages Rule OK!' But who knows? They might make a better job of things?
Thanks Orchi for your read and comment. You always make me laugh and that is worth more than gold. (Well at least a little gold, I better think about how much) Yes I do think cabbages would do a better job and if one runs for office I'll vote for it.
Better than someone in a dodgy wig?!
There used to be the wig party but that was some time ago
Very well written very beautiful
Thank you very much for your read and response to this piece. I think that we all should be grateful for and respect the things we eat. We are what we eat.
You're 100% right
Wow only you could write about nature in such a beautiful mystical and hypnotizing manner. Oh you could definitely charm a python. 🌹
Thanks so much Teddy it is most appreciated. I have been called a snake before and always took it as a compliment. lol.
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Play music and talk to plants and they flourish. Life!!!
Thank you William yes they have found that it is not the style of music but the vibrations alone are sufficient. All life forms deserve respect
we always underestimate the feelings and intelligence of all other living creatures than ourselves- so true
very enlightening write..
Thank you for your read and kind words of understanding they mean a lot
This is a wonderful and well-written poem. Our society has become overly reliant on technology.
Thank you so much for your read and kind words of support and encouragement they are most appreciated
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