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Here is a poem from Ubiquitous by Joyce Sidman, a volume that highlights “Nature’s Survivors”. Enjoy!
The Lichen We
(after Siegfried Sassoon’s “Man and Dog”)
Who’s this—alone with stone and sea?
It’s just the lowly Lichen We:
the alga I, the fungus me;
together, blooming quietly.
What do we share–we two together?
A brave indifference to the weather.
A slow but steady growing pace.
Resemblance to both mud and lace.
As we now, so we shall be
(if air clear and water free):
the proud but lowly Lichen We,
cemented for eternity.
The Literary Bug 