Strawberries For The Soul

Picture Courtesy of Tima from pixels.com

There are some poems in another one of my blogs and you can find the link by clicking on this Alphabetized Table of Contents:  

https://thunderflower2021.blogspot.com/2021/10/table-of-contents.html?m=1

Unfortunately my notebook is being trespassed and I cannot even center the following because they are hacking my device!  

Some fun info about strawberries from PAllen Smith's website:  

https://pallensmith.com/2015/04/18/tips-on-how-to-grow-strawberries/

Among strawberries sow here and there

some Borage seed and you shall find

the strawberries under those leaves farre

more larger than their fellowes.”

William Coles, “The Art of Simpling”

 

Fragaria Virginiana L.

 

 

The Strawberry

is the star of berries.

 

Giving delight to the eye

Relishing flavor to the tongue

Sending its scent into the sky

Feeling the wholeness of cluster

I hear the pangs of my stomach long

for these clusters.

 

This healing herbal delight

Fights ailments of the stomach,

menstrual cramps, mouth ulcers, soar throats,

and breaks fevers when one is sick.

 

Each strawberry

is made up

of several seeds—

Each important

as it feeds and grows

to one day let go

of each seed

Into Nature

which absorbs

Each feature

As a treasure

From God.

Its companion, the Borage,

Protects the berry

So it can thrive,

Forming a pact for life,

as the hidden strawberry

Grows its entourage.

 

They are sown so close, keeping

Insects and disease from

its fruit, its roots, its leaves

And one can boast

of the reapings.

 

Staying close to the ground

They sprout out, trailing

from the main Crown of the plant.

The Nodes form new plants

As they have found

more room to produce.

 

“This produce is God’s prize to us in life”,

as Dad would say,

being his favorite fruit.

Dad picked it with good cause

giving credit to its Root.

And we can be like strawberries

For they symbolize what

is True from Above—

Connecting with others’ needs,

sharing our seeds of good deeds,

As we embrace life with Love.

                                                                       

 

               Annie

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