Light-catchers flutter, soaking Sun and it's rays.
Drinking Light, clean and bright, offered during the days
Food-makers give, rushing green through the veins.
Cup-bearing Ground drinking Drops from the Rains.
Shade-givers tell that their time is no more.
Season is the reason that calls them to the floor.
Air-cleaners sigh... breathing in, making new.
Roots are the boots bringing moisture from Dew.
Hue-changers many. Colors soft. Colors bold.
Telling all of the Fall. Speaking Frost. Singing Cold.
Breeze-dancers fly with the Air in their dress.
With a swirl and a twirl, it's a gentle caress.
Wind-ticklers soar, taking flight over Mist.
Taking heart, become part of the Ground that they've kissed.
Gust-papers rustle as the Authors let go.
All the tones from the bones riding Wind, ebb and flow.
Earth-blankets warm. Settled down for long sleep.
Lying low under snow. Quilted company they keep.
Land-lances tall. Brushing Air. Barren Tree.
Amused with the news of the Buds that will be.
In just a little while...
This was just an exercise. Pick a subject and write a poem about it without actually using the word (except in the title). Very fun!> The photo is of my daughters at the Cataldo Mission in during the Fall in 1991.
The symbiotic pattern of evolution is everywhere and allows us a very different and fascinating window into the way symbiotic viruses work, since all viruses are symbiotic, including those involved in our human reproduction.
Where do viruses, such as Ebola and HIV, come from and why they are so aggressive? This book changed tenets of evolutionary virology, developing the concepts of aggressive symbiosis and plague culling, which explain much of the horror of plague virus
Our human genome is full of viruses similar to HIV-1. These have played an important role in human evolution and still play an important role in human embryology and day-to-day chemistry. Just how important are they to our evolution past and future?
:)Sandy
your daughters are darling
josie