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Open Poetry #49

If a Plant I Be

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2015-04-09 09:54 AM

If a plant I be,
I wonder what kind of roots
belongs to me.
Do I have a tap root like a tree?
Do I grow shallow shoots
like the grass so green?
What holds and feeds me
sight unseen?
When nature unleashes fury and hurt
will it be enough to keep me in my dirt?

LGR©4/9/15

J.J.thomas
Member
Posts 84

1 posted 2015-04-09 10:11 AM

I like this, because it makes me think. Plus like a few of your other poems, my imagination sees everything clearly.
nice work.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2015-04-09 11:24 AM

Ahhh . . . Lori, you will never be uprooted. Your roots are STRONG, and durable, plus they are you! That is saying a lot as far as I am concerned.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2015-04-09 12:37 PM

How are your parents, speaking of roots?

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2015-04-09 12:55 PM

My parents are doing very well, Thank you for asking. They changed my Mom's meds and she is more alert than she has been in years. It is like a miracle! Wish they had done it sooner. Unfortunately Mom and Dad no longer share living quarters. They both have moved to a different facility where Mom could get more care. Dad lives upstairs in an apartment. ~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2015-04-09 01:29 PM

Thanks J.J. I'm so happy you like this poem and some of my others. Thanks for letting me know! ~L

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2015-04-09 02:46 PM

Thank you for that information, Lori.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

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