dVerse~Poets Pub has suggested we unplug and discover what we're missing. Most of the time the real world does beat out our virtual lives. Time for us to unplug and enjoy for more reasons than we know.
I took a walk
Through ancient eyes
I'd forgotten to see
The land provides
Rain entices growth
We no longer know
What's safe to eat
Nor how to plant and grow
Every object has a use
We must unplug
To teach our youth
Forever tried and true
They knew how to live
With what's in front of you.
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they did know how to live, but was it fun? i don't want to unplug, I just looked around my bedroom and i don't have near what that guy does, but i see a cordless phone, 2 lamps, wireless keyboard, desk top PC, laptop and wireless printer, which means a wireless Cisco in the other room.... I LOVE MY GADGETS...so no unplugging for me. i stay plugged and still see all the outdoors. the best of both worlds. i like that mushroom and want to wade in the water. if i had a yard like yours, i might unplug for a while each day..
That is so true, I love what you said. If we only knew where and how there is a natural cure for everything but we just do not listen to nature any more.
Lynne x
we must unplug to teach our youth...yep..they need to touch the plants and a cow or horse, not just see them on tv or in an online game... this world is too exciting to not go outside and discover it
yup, so true. we know nothing of natural remedies and the like compared to our ancestors.
ah i agree with you in that we have lost touch with our earth....understanding its patterns...what we can and cannot eat...where our food even comes from...how to grow and plant and the law of sewing and reaping...and seasons for everything...ah i could go on and on....smiles....
Oh this is spot on. You do this so very well.
Have a terrific day. :)
perfectly done, an embodiment of the prompt itself. The idea of growth really struck me, so, so true. Great job and thanks for sharing with us.
Yep! Get out an be immersed in life! :) And it is good to know how to survive on the land as well. It sustains life--The Electronics really don't, but they DO make it more fun! :)
Amen, Gail. Amen. Very well said.
Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday. ♥
What a good lesson can be found in your poem. Bravo for a unique response to the prompt.
Love the beautiful message and pictures ~ We should listen to the ancient ways and teach our young to unplug once in awhile ~
I found it difficult to find a comment . . . I feel unplugged with today yet feel the importance of staying plugged in and how exceptionally important it is while aging. I am part of yesterday and attempting to stay current with today. Your words hold truth, if only we would embrace the past for each of our todays.
no better place to unplug than in nature, I find - beautiful pics and wise words
Nature always does it for me.
Wise words, my friend! Very wise words! (Not to mention being so poetically and beautifully put!)
I guess I have stayed unplugged mostly - then on the other hand I have been plugged in - goodness - is it possible that I have the gift of both - My view of the "plugged in" is easy in communication via blogger, otherwise I would have never met you. Mostly, I am unplugged and playing each day in the Bay Of Fundy. I liked your poem very much Gail. lol Hi TM n hugs to Marcy :)
It's good to unplug every once in awhile and enjoy nature around us. It is a wonder how our ancestors survived with what they had and learned to live with their surroundings.
Well said. Once the California padres forced the quite-able-to-live-off-the-earth natives to work at the missions, within two generations the mission dwellers were unable to survive without mission supplies.
Everywhere I go I see people holding a phone in front of their faces...there is nothing good about that. I think we are living in some kind of virtual world.
It's amazing what we see when we chose to open our eyes.
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