Poetry+Analysis

A Grain Of Rice By : Jerry Kim and Ryley Woodland

Such majestic rhythms, such tiny disturbances. - The majestic rhythms can be digging holes in the ground, tiny disturbances can be the seeds being planted The rain of the monsoon falls, an inescapable treasure, - You cannot escape the rain, it is a treasure because it used to grow rice Hundreds of millions live Only because of the certainty of this season, - They live because they know they'll get rice, it is their food The turn of the wind. - Before they were starving, then when the season comes, they will not be starving, they will have rice

The frame of our human house rests on the motion Of earth and of moon, the rise of continents, - Their house rests on the amount of rice they get, this impacted by the seasons and weather Invasion of deserts, erosion of hills, The capping of ice. - Horrible things that can kill the rice

Today, while Europe tilted, drying the Baltic, I read of a battle between brothers in anguish. A flag moved a mile.

And today, from a curled leaf cocoon, in the course of its rhythm, - He watched from a quiet safety I saw the break of a shell, the creation Of a great Asian moth, radiant, fragile, - he saw the creation of an asian empire, which is being compared to a moth Incapable of not being born, and trembling <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">To live its brief moment. - Incapable of prospering, and not strong in its brief moment alive

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Religions build walls round our love, and science <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Is equal of truth and of error. Yet always we find <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Such ordered purpose in cell and in galaxy, - Religions seperate us, science can influence us in the wrong way, but we can always find a purpose <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">So great a glory in life-thrust and mind-range, <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Such widening frontiers to draw out our longings, - Our drives and our knowledge fuel us to explore our world and find equal ground <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">We grow to one world - We come together

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">The world can be compared to a grain of rice because it is very important, yet people (who grow the rice) always fight over it sperating them

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Thematic Statement: The tiniest things can make people fight, work hard and come together, as showed in a grain of rice

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