Tiny Moss

Daily Note

Every day, a photograph, a poem. We’re not accustomed to this much rain falling; it should be snow. Hopefully the water tables are rising and saving water for the summer heat. One thing we do have now– spreading everywhere are many varieties of moss. Here’s a bright green clump, a tiny mound of moisture collecting in the little bit of moss, something for all the creatures and plants around it.

I tried to identify it at the iNaturalist photo collection. I could not. But it is fascinating. Kew Gardens provides seven interesting facts about moss for us. They have no roots, but the white structure seen tying all the leaves together might be the rhizoids, the system that roots it to the rock, soil, tree, your roof. The rhizoids and the leaves soak up moisture like moss is a sponge.

And moss are tiny little things that can cover a huge area, providing moisture for all that is around us. And so, a poem…

Poetry

Moss

Star-like symmetry
in a ball-like clump of
bright green leaves
tiny rhizoids
hold onto rocks,
soil, trees;
such a tiny plant
holding moisture
for the world
Sheri Edwards
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Poetry/Photography