Between Science and Poetry, A Garden
he smears a glass slide with soil
traps the living & watches them wiggle
she inhales the air after rain
and spreads her arms wide with joy
He fastens a weather station to a pole
maps data & checks charts
she presses a finger in the soil
declares it dry and drags the hose over
she cried when the cucumbers wilted
he checked the soil ph and made adjustments
she painted a rainbow on the gate
he talked about cultivars and mendel's peas
she made a tea from mugwort & he brewed compost to precise perfection
together they made a paradise
This is my creative response to the Hive Garden challenge. The topic this week is 'A Scientist and Poet in the Garden' and I chose to write a poem. I hope you like it. The challenge comes out every Sunday 6pm AEST and anyone can enter until the Thursday of the following week.
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Oh wow, this is beautiful. It reminded me of the movie mother!, if you have seen it? I watched it this weekend and your poem just evoked the images of the movie again.
Such a beautiful contrast. Sometimes people yearn to return to a previous era, almost as if that era was better. But your poem captures the beauty of a symbiotic relationship with modern knowledge and bygone wisdom. Such a beautiful interplay between the two. Thanks for sharing!
Oh no I haven't but I just looked it up and really want to watch it!
I'm so glad you like it. I love the interplay or tensions between science and art, and yes, of modern technology and ancient knowledge that is intuitive, perhaps inherited, instinctive, emotional knowledge based. The intersection where the two meet is where the true poetry lies.
Thanks so much for your comment 💚💚
The pleasure is all mine! I hope you like the movie if you watch it!
Oh that is so beautifully said, at the intersection is where poetry starts. I really like that idea. We can gain so much from listening to instinct, wisdom, and modern (new) knowledge. I think those who can synthesise this will have the most success (and thus poetry) in their lives (or gardens).
I love the poem. By the way, are the vines grapes? Also, the whole view is a beauty.
Thanks!💚🌱 Yes, a grape. We plant them for shade.
Nice poem and your garden also. : )
When two people come together, great things can happen in a garden. Nice poem @riverflows
awwww super cute,
do post a photo of that grape vine later in the year... my guess is it gets super lush!
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