Fish Mint
Is a plant
Called Chameleon
And someone thinks
Smells like cat
Urine
It has strong
Roots
Extremely so
And it’s not enough
To pull the green part
Or the stem
Or the first clump
Of roots
You see
You have to go down deep
And find all the root
Pieces
Take them out of the ground
So that the only thing
Left in the earth
Is earth
This is the only way
To clear out the intrusive plant
And plant something
Kinder
And what of us
Except that when we have deep roots
Of things also intrusive without
Allowing
Other hale things in
Say
Fish mint roots as
The isms that invade
Try to take over
Racism
Classism
Misogynism
Ageism
That will kill a healthy thing
Such as a human spirit
That could grow
Into a
Viable
And sun-lit
Being
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Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash
(x = space)
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Grow Us
x
Will you grow us
God
Give us the chance
Even with tense peace
Our contribution
To the means
x
On an Earth
That has its way
But
We push against
For what we think
Advances us
x
Maybe with some relenting
Rather
Enjoy the Earth
As is
The wisdom
In the higher places
Thin air to breathe
For penance
x
The living in the valleys
Towns and farms
For habitation
And for food
That daily bread
We talk
About
x
Also forgiving
Tempered in forgiven
x
So that
As is
As defined
Ain’t bad
Especially when
We’ve changed so much
x
We could stand
(like plants)
To remember
Even renew
With
Re-expression
The peace in what was made
And is
And still is
The promise of return
From no investment
Save faith and some respect
For having
All this wonder
Bestowed
x
Plant us
As in Eden
And water us
For life
Not to keep us
Stuck
But to grow us
Free
Out into the world
Anthropocene
For now
Maybe better in alliance
With the one who planted
First
And still
Tills with real peace
In
Genesis dynamic
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Amen
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C L Couch
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Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
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(x = space)
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Taproot
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The brown blade sinks
And feeds the seed
That was a part
x
Seeds that sleep through
Cold time
Far enough
North or south
x
Something new and all the same
For being new
Will rise in spring
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The Colors of Nature Caught on a Hike
Photo by Don Raridon on Unsplash
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Almost Always, Haiku
In spring love might turn
If you’re there to plant with me
Almost and always
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