can you imagine lemmings without a leader? who would find the cliff?
It is a popular misconception that lemmings jump off cliffs in mass “suicide.” Some species do migrate in large groups when populations become too dense and may encounter losses when — for example — trying to cross swift rivers. As a metaphor for unquestioningly going along with popular opinion, though, it creates a great visual.
The Daily Post one-word prompt: Autonomy
hazy sky holds moon power poles hide conifers wires frame naturescape
The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: Opposites
my head in the clouds cats and dogs swirl around me soon to be raining
The Daily Post one-word prompt: Clouds
neck curved in repose slowly lengthens and straightens upon sighting prey
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Curve
morning sunlight pours into magenta funnels splashing nearby leaves
I am reposting my thoughts from last year’s World Oceans Day. Now more than ever, our oceans are in need of protection.
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.”
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Expansive and deep,
beautiful but volatile,
ample force to turn
vessels to splinters.
Teeming with life,
ceaselessly churning,
an indefatigable
dynamo.
Kissed by the sun,
caressed by the winds,
extolled by poets
and sailors alike.
Sustainer of life
as we know it on Earth,
yet with all its
grandeur and might…
still fragile.
