Near and far there are tiny creatures who we inhale, touch, and chew, They bear invisible features, unseen yeast and bacteria Who we inhale,touch,and chew blissfully unaware, living with unseen yeast and bacteria, vibrant life thriving everywhere. Blissfully unaware, living with microbes populating our bodies vibrant life thriving everywhere, a symbiotic community. Microbes populating our bodies, dancing give-and-take survival, a symbiotic community, Part of a massive biosphere. Dancing give-and-take survival, dates back to when life first began, part of a massive biosphere, billions of years in the making. Dates back to when life first began, near and far there are tiny creatures, billions of years in the making, unseen yeast and bacteria.
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I’ve been reading about the Gaia hypothesis (living earth theory) and the role of symbiosis in evolution. This poem touches on these themes. The form is a Pantoum in response to this week’s Jane Dougherty Poetry Challenge (#21). The pictures show bacteria, courtesy of Pixabay.com (click for top photo and bottom photo).
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And what a difference they make to our lives! So many diseases are now attributed to gut bacteria and not having the right colonies in there.
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Yes there is much talk about microbes these days–having enough in numbers and diversity for digestion. Just touching on that topic and considering how science would figure all that out is mind boggling.
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Gorgeous!!! And perfectly timed to coincide with the return of allergy season! 🙂
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We don’t always get along with our neighbours. 🙂
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What a truly original take on the pantoum! (I think it’s pantoum, although phantoum fits here.) 🙂
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That’s hilarious! Thanks for the heads up — the phantoum a new strange breed of pantoum 🙂
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It’s mainly used for ghostly tales. 🙂
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And microbes are ghostly…then there are the micro animals such as dust mites– I almost included those…
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I don’t like to think about those too much. 🙂
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Nor do I really .. might creep me out 🙂
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A poem about bacteria! You really do have a wild imagination, Janice 🙂 Such a thoughtful piece.
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Perhaps a bit ambitious to try a new topic with a new form but that’s what I wanted to write about 🙂
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I’m glad you did 🙂
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Love this. I recently read a bit on the Gaia hypothesis too and was having similar thoughts! It’s crazy how important or insignificant things can seem when you change your perspective.
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Yes it is 🙂 there is so much about this world to know, explore and fathom. Thanks for dropping by 🙂
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