“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape
Rachel Carson
but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it”
we return to the earth
its mined minerals
as polished paving and hard-core floors
branches cast into concrete beams
trunking for unsightly wire
magnificent murals that mimic floral drifts
and in office foyers, reaching for the skylight
a token grove of potted trees
drip-fed
a poem for Kim’s quadrille feel the earth move
PoetryPix 
‘drip-fed’ – how that term resounds!
Last resorts!
A token grove of potted trees, drip fed. What a GREAT image and line! 🙂
such a paradox – thanks Lilian
I love the way your quadrille and artwork complement each other, Laura, and the idea that we return to the earth as practical things. I’d love to be one of those ‘magnificent murals that mimic floral drifts’.
I like how you put a positive spin on this Kim – & thank you for the earthy prompt
Somehow we can only copy the original… and in the end we wonder what it really looks like.
Well said Björn
Nice description: “a token grove of potted trees” followed by the last line.
Thanks Frank
Superb short reflection that Carson would’ve loved—couldn’t have a better concluding line.
appreciate your appreciation of the message here John –
Simplified to a token pot.
How hard it is to explain to defenders of the Tokai pine plantation
No, that is NOT A Forest!
looked it up! nor a wood – its just a monotonous mono culture