16 July 2025

Being a good creature (from 1/1/2025)

 


 

It's a new day and my mind is
surprisingly bereft of prayer.
I’ve yearned for hours in the day’s quiet,
I fear that nothing is left there.
 
But house plants have the Godliness
to remind me they need water.
And trees and fields I see outside
call me by my pet name, Daughter.
 
They tell me that while they’re alive
I’m part of their wealth and their tribe,
that walks with them that bring me home,
will help them, also, to survive.


 

For Sherry's prompt "Being Human" at What's Going On? 

 

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9 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue Sky7/16/2025 10:25 AM

    I LOVE the message in this beautiful poem. Being a good creature is as simple as remembering to care for the plants - and as inspiring as walking with those who bring us home. Wonderfully penned, Susan.

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  2. Mary7/16/2025 10:37 AM

    There is no more wonderful way of being human than to move peacefully and lovingly among the plants and animals of creation, caring for what we can (house plants, etc.) along the way. A peaceful, beautiful poem, Susan.

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  3. Kim M. Russell7/16/2025 11:21 AM

    I love the relationship you have with nature in this poem, Susan, and the comfort in these lines:
    ‘They tell me that while they’re alive
    I’m part of their wealth and their tribe,
    that walks with them that bring me home,
    will help them, also, to survive.’

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  4. Sumana Roy7/16/2025 12:17 PM

    To be one with Nature is a godly thought. I love how the mind traverses from being 'bereft of prayer' to slowly getting filled up with the abundance of wealth Nature offers. "I’m part of their wealth and their tribe,"...This is such a precious line!

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  5. rallentanda7/16/2025 7:11 PM

    The spiritual connection with nature is utmost in the poem and its importance for survival

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  6. Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil7/16/2025 9:19 PM

    What a blessed, blessed tribe is nature!

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  7. Jae Rose7/16/2025 10:36 PM

    What a tender and perfectly formed poem - so humble in its prayer - Jae

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  8. Rajani7/16/2025 10:49 PM

    I just love the second stanza...everything about it is so perfect!

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  9. Intelliblog7/17/2025 8:15 AM

    Nature is the path to survival and to becoming a good creature... A lovely poem, Susan, full of wonderful imagery and a strong message, word-painted with a soft plume.

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