{"id":72375,"date":"2020-06-27T22:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T02:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=72375"},"modified":"2020-06-27T23:58:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T03:58:21","slug":"hour-14-prompt-14-apology-to-the-plant-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/hour-14-prompt-14-apology-to-the-plant-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 14, Prompt 14 – Apology to the Plant Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

I apologize\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for my part in it<\/span><\/p>\n

for when I was absorbed with myself<\/span><\/p>\n

and I forgot to pay attention to you<\/span><\/p>\n

for when I misused your generosity<\/span><\/p>\n

and took more than was given<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I apologize\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

for any harm done to our relationship<\/span><\/p>\n

if I have ever stepped on you<\/span><\/p>\n

or placed you in a situation I knew you would not like<\/span><\/p>\n

or blocked the sunlight from your face<\/span><\/p>\n

or disrespected you in any way<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I am sorry<\/span><\/p>\n

You are very clear<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving forward, I will listen<\/span><\/p>\n

I will honor you<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So, to those who take care of us<\/span><\/p>\n

And to those who tend them now<\/span><\/p>\n

And to those who tended them before<\/span><\/p>\n

And to the hands that will tend them in the future<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thank you for your nourishment<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your protection<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your shade<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your love<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your healing<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your medicine<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ashe.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Inspired by Braiding Sweetgrass by\u00a0Robin Wall Kimmerer, who writes \u2014 \u2018In some Native languages the term for plants translates to \u201cthose who take care of us.\u2019 Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the\u00a0Citizen Potawatomi Nation.<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I apologize\u00a0   for my part in it for when I was absorbed with myself and I forgot to pay attention to you for when I misused your generosity and took more than was given   I apologize\u00a0   for any harm done to our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72402,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72375\/revisions\/72402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}