Where the Ground Holds
For International Wetlands Day
This Wetlands Day, we offer a little gratitude for a place we seldom want to visit purposefully because of the inherent mud and mess.
But it's an indispensable ecosystem that sustains when unnoticed.
So today, we thank those among us who do - without being seen.
Gratitude for what absorbs, holds, and remains.
🌾💦🤍
Land
Soaked soil
Humble and unseen
Soaks in morning mist
Quiet
🌱🌫️🦜
Leaves
Simple sprouts
Bird pecks grass
Its chirping whispers his
Thanks.
🌿🪶💧
Original poem by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin for World Wetlands Day. AI tags are coincidental.
For Mikeydred's February prompt:
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Comments (5)
The way gratitude is extended to what absorbs and remains felt especially powerful. This isn’t just about land, it’s about people who hold space without recognition.
This poem reminds me that there is so much diversity in wetland life!
Great words! It’s easy to take places like wetlands for granted.
Love the image and your words. Thank you once again for joining in
that was such a cute poem. And once again, love how you find, and or know what each day represents.