Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Organic

Organic Food quote #5

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

? Frank Lloyd Wright

We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.
? Emilio Estevez

When once I got to America I fell in love with hippie culture, and I've always wanted to live in the country and grow organic vegetables. 

? Jamaica Kincaid

We must make organic and farm-raised costs more affordable. We need to come to a level where people who don't have a lot of money can afford it. If we could eat just fresh foods, it would be wonderful. 

? Anna Pump

Midweek Motif ~ Organic 

The word "organic" has different meanings in different fields, such as, organic chemistry, organic clothing, organic matter, organic farming and organic growth--but I mean "native to our earth without human manipulation."  Let's explore what we/you/they mean by "organic."

Your Challenge:  What experience do you have with things "organic"?  Write a new poem with an organic theme or refrain.  

I couldn't find any poems with an organic motif!  Am I looking in the wrong places? Maybe romantic poets or at food websites? If you know of any, please link them in the comments.  

In Praise of Organic Matters
by Susan Chast

I sing in praise of organic matters:

Clay, mud and puddles that childhood splatters

Flesh, bones and blood of animals like us

And organs that work our minds and spirits

The fibers and colors of plant life, too

And earth, water, air and fire as fuel 

What we eat and what we waste, recycled

With all we haven't made but might have killed.

What we wear and what we invite to feast

The greatest wealth we uproot and the least

Sun, moon, precipitation and weather

Sheep's wool, cow's milk, maple syrup, leather 

Virtual playthings and vast minerals

Knowledge and Myth and What we Wear as Jewels.

Whew. 

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(Next week Susan's Midweek Motif will be Openness.)