It's reassembled elements:
biodiversity.
All are a major part of each:
the dandelion in me,
me in the irritating flea.
The artist understands it all,
has framed a visual metaphor.
A fruitful view of life.
The D.N.A. made edible.
From vegetable to visceral.
Eye of fig and cheek of pear,
ear of corn and skin of grape,
brow of pea and lip of plum
ear of corn and nose of date:
nature's magic everywhere.
The image was contributed as prompt at http://www.magpietales.blogspot.co.uk/
Gday Dave cool, this could well be a metaphor for DNA, i like that concept. Literally magic. Couldnt see the link on magpie, i took the long way here
ReplyDeleteYes indeed! Loved all the connections here.
ReplyDeleteI've written something quite similar to your thoughts here for the dVerse prompt today.
The dandelion in you...I love that...really love that...
ReplyDeleteWonderful, Dave! I doubt there could be a better description of this image and the interconnectedness of everything on the earth.
ReplyDeleteha. very nice...the biodiversity, i like that....and the dandelion in me...that is one of my fav flowers...
ReplyDeleteLively image. Each part of it is just an eatable plant, but the whole figure is beyond that.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like the way your mind, and pen work! Nature's magic indeed, S2 says it so beautifully, and love the line 'From vegetable to visceral' And...it makes me think of Sagan..how we are also star stuff! What an amazing place we live in!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget the sweet potato!
ReplyDeletegood piece- thanks.
From vegetable to visceral .. now that is quite the visual!!!
ReplyDeleteSuperb. This time the echoes are really metaphysical, John Donne I mean. And the picture, it seems very familiar, first time I saw it it was on a paperback edition of one of the first novels I read by John Updike ( actually ages ago in the 70's when my spoken English was miserable.) The title of the novel was: " A Month of Sundays".
ReplyDeleteVery enjoyable connections indeed :-).
ReplyDeleteLife feels so wonderful when someone is able to look at work that was composed centuries ago and illustrate in a simple way, the magic the artist managed to create. Thank you for seeing the metaphor, Dave. =D
ReplyDeleteYou have definitely shown nature's connections here, Dave!!
ReplyDeleteGood job on that one. I wish I had that ability to turn images into verse.
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ReplyDeleteHi! Good to hear from you. Sorry about the link, but very pleased you made. Thanks for taking the trouble and for your comment.
Daydreamer too
Yup, great minds eh? Thanks for.
Tess
Ah, thought that might get a comment! I picked the dandelion because I understand our genomes are so almost identical!
Lydia
Wow, a comment to dream about! Muchthanks for the kind words.
Brian
And mine, oddly enough, though you are one of the few to agree with me. Thanks for the back-up!
haricot
Indeed. When does the eatable become inedible, I wonder.
Other Mary
You are so right - and I love the reference to Sagan. Thanks a trillion for that.
Kat
I must confess I did have the witches and the heath in mind! Glad it made the connection.
Thanks for your thoughts.
izzy
I didn't forget it - I couldn't work it in! But then, I wasn't following the image in that detail anyway. But I did try.
Helen
Glad you think so! Thanks.
Tommaso
I find it quite difficult to equate the imeage with Updike, butam happy to accept the reference to Donne - anytime, in fact! Thanks for all.
Windsmoke
Thanks so much.
Linda
What a thoroughly pleasing response! Very thanks for.
Mary
Very much appreciate your comment. Thank you for it.
Madeleine
Hi. Good to have you visiting, and thank you so much for the kind words.
This has a wonderful rhythm to it, Dave. I especially like the final stanza.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great piece of poetry. I really liked this post.
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Nature's magic indeed....love this Dave! :-)
ReplyDeleteNature, beautiful Mother Nature. And your poem is such a great tribute. I particularly like this stanza:
ReplyDeleteThe artist understands it all,
has framed a visual metaphor.
A fruitful view of life.
The D.N.A. made edible.
From vegetable to visceral.
I don't know why but it made me think of Cezanne.
Greetings from London.
A fruitful view of life, yes.
ReplyDeleteBoth sides of humans: the nice dandelion, the irritating flea.
Nature's magic everywhere.
You have "read" this painting deeply and accurately, Dave.
From now on I will look at this creation in a different way, thanks.
If you understand Spanish, I invite you to read one of my last poems in "Doña Eñe"; its title is "Restos" and I deal with this subject too:
http://donaene.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/reciclaje.html
I wrote:
En cada uno de nosotros viven los restos
de miles de ancestros, de células de humanos,
de animales, de árboles, de objetos.
(In each of us there live the remains of thousands of ancestors, of cells of human beings, of animals, of trees, of objects.)
Laurie
ReplyDeleteThanks Laurie, much appreciated.
Gina
Hi, good to have your company.
Welcome to the blog. Thanks for the comment.
Carrie
Thanks so much for saying.
A Cuban in London
Wow! Can't say that I can quite see Cezanne in it, but I'm perfectly happy to accept the comparison! Thanks for it.
Dulcina
Grateful thanks for this as always. I do really appreciate the kind words. Alas, me no speaker the Spanish! Thanks for trying, though!
Dulcina
ReplyDeleteI have several times tried to leave a comment on your blog in praise of your great meditation on the end of words etc. Unfortunately I keep getting the "Service Unattainable" notice.
Superb!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Cleverly crafted. I enjoyed a right juicy read there!
ReplyDeleteNature's magic definitely in this delightful piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteThis last sounds like a WholeFoods witch! MacBeth's three crones go to the Market! k.
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