In “Li Po,” the poem looks back in history to a poet who sometimes wrote about tea. It then pairs the narrator of the poem with Li Po, saying “every morning I am Li Po.”
Humankind has a long history with agriculture or the harvesting of wild edibles. Choose a historical or modern-day figure involved with agriculture or the harvesting of wild edibles. In your poem, compare yourself to this figure. If you like, use the words, “Every morning I am [name of figure]…” in the poem.
Here are a few figures you might want to consider:
Steve Brill
Jimmy Carter
Cesar Chavez
Catherine Hagel
Bill Mollison
Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, founder of Greenhorns
George Washington
Karen Washington
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You can get that in Earth to Poetry: A 30-Days, 30-Poems Earth, Self and Other Care Challenge.
