Aiona's Poems
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Comment from susand3022
The cycles of nature are wonderous and vast, aren't they? Sometimes it's the ash that makes all the difference... you just have to cut all that acid after a while. :)
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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The cycles of nature are wonderous and vast, aren't they? Sometimes it's the ash that makes all the difference... you just have to cut all that acid after a while. :)
Comment Written 27-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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Yeah, I wondered about that. I thought conifers liked acidic soil, but yes, you're right. Perhaps too much acidity is bad as well. So yeah, the ash provides balance. Nature's fertilizer modifier! Heh!
Comment from phill doran
Hello Aiona
Yes. Very good. Where I live, there is a hill opposite which, every fourth or fifth winter, goes on fire and the protea bushes which grow on its face rely on this cycle as do the grasses.
But, it is so very human to think that if it does not work for us then it is bad - yet there few things which are as natural as fire. It gets me that we build wooden structures in fire zones and then lament when they all burn down!
I wish you well with this piece - it is thought provoking.
cheers
phill
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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Hello Aiona
Yes. Very good. Where I live, there is a hill opposite which, every fourth or fifth winter, goes on fire and the protea bushes which grow on its face rely on this cycle as do the grasses.
But, it is so very human to think that if it does not work for us then it is bad - yet there few things which are as natural as fire. It gets me that we build wooden structures in fire zones and then lament when they all burn down!
I wish you well with this piece - it is thought provoking.
cheers
phill
Comment Written 27-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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Thank you, Phill! I wonder who manages that hill. I saw something on the Weather Channel last night about historically large fires. There was a gigantic fire in 1910 that was a lesson for the U.S. Forestry Service - who was just starting up. They learned that they need to clear brush if they didn't want fires to roar out of control. I wonder when they started doing controlled burns. Does someone own that hill? Or does the Forestry Service where you are manage it?
Comment from Ronni
This is a most edifying poem indeed, that some pine trees needing fire to
germinate and have adapted to this process quite unceremoniously. I did
not know that, and most interesting to learn. It is so common to assume all
fires are dangerous and destructive, but here is a beneficial exception.
Your tanka poem sums it up so perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
Do write more, your imaginative words are most illuminating.
Best wishes, Ronni
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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This is a most edifying poem indeed, that some pine trees needing fire to
germinate and have adapted to this process quite unceremoniously. I did
not know that, and most interesting to learn. It is so common to assume all
fires are dangerous and destructive, but here is a beneficial exception.
Your tanka poem sums it up so perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
Do write more, your imaginative words are most illuminating.
Best wishes, Ronni
Comment Written 27-Mar-2019
reply by the author on 27-Mar-2019
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A tanka? Ah! Thank you for letting me know what this poem is! The contest parameters didn't mention the type of poem this is. If I could nominate you as a reviewer I would! But I used them up this month. Next month!