Let them be as flowers,
always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.
To have broken through the surface of stone,
to live, to feel exposed to the madness
of the vast, eternal sky.
To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea, carrying my soul, my seed,
beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and if
then shunned by everyone,
than to be a pleasant-smelling flower, growing in clusters in the fertile valley, where they're praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands.
I'd rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac.
If I could stand alone, strong and free, I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.
After our discussion today we spoke about the theme we felt the poem had. I feel like the theme of the poem was independence. When the author states, "I'd rather be unseen, and if then shunned by everyone, than to be a pleasant-smelling flower." The author is stating that they would rather be their own being and self instead of conforming to society and the rest of their peers. The author would rather be different and not fit in than be just like everyone else.
always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.
To have broken through the surface of stone,
to live, to feel exposed to the madness
of the vast, eternal sky.
To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea, carrying my soul, my seed,
beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and if
then shunned by everyone,
than to be a pleasant-smelling flower, growing in clusters in the fertile valley, where they're praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands.
I'd rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac.
If I could stand alone, strong and free, I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.
After our discussion today we spoke about the theme we felt the poem had. I feel like the theme of the poem was independence. When the author states, "I'd rather be unseen, and if then shunned by everyone, than to be a pleasant-smelling flower." The author is stating that they would rather be their own being and self instead of conforming to society and the rest of their peers. The author would rather be different and not fit in than be just like everyone else.
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