The Roar of the roadside Tiger Lily

stray thoughts while driving today.

Tiger lilies tall and proud

Reaching out of the dry earth,

Survivors among the scorched grass

And shasta daisies --

Nature will push colour into

The shallowest of ditches,

And save water inside

A prickly plant --

We think we have

Conquered the planet,

Yet, without nature's blueprint,

We couldn't engineer

A tiger lily if we tried.

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love that idea...yes, we can't engineer nature...we seem to think that we control everything...

but not true...there is much that is way beyond on our control...one thing we can control is an appreciation for how nature works...

love it.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I appreciate that -- also, I noticed, the bees adapt quickly too -- the predominant colours are brighter when we have a dry season -- usually, if you don't want to get stung, you stay away from purples and blues -- this year, it's yellow and orange.

[Jon Roggie]

Who would have thought up a cactus? How about a blackberry bramble? Nature finds a way. Nice one.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Exactly, Sure, we can GMO anything, but we started with a sophisticated blue print. Unravelling human DNA took how many years, and we still only know the basics?