Flowers in the Kitchen

• DeadPoet

  15 Dec 06, 02:16

  A poem for my friends in Buddhism: Wisdom Bliss.
  
  Flowers in the Kitchen
  
  On buying her flowers
  she said
  
  “There’s no food in the kitchen
  and we can’t eat flowers.”
  
  On buying her food
  she said
  
  “You don’t buy flowers any more.”
  
  Lemn Sissay (1967 - )
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 02:32

  Thanks. Nice poem.. reminds me of my old english lit days
  
  But what's the message in this?
  
  omg so long nv touched eng lit
• Diehard_89

  15 Dec 06, 02:34

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Thanks. Nice poem.. reminds me of my old english lit days
  
  But what's the message in this?
  
  omg so long nv touched eng lit

  don't understand still say nice?
• laurence82

  15 Dec 06, 02:35

  eh, DP also posted in my forum, but me also no understand what these poems mean
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 02:35

  Originally posted by Diehard_89:

  don't understand still say nice?

  I understand it as give one thing never receive another, vice versa
  
  but is there some subtler meaning or message to me or this forum?
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 02:38

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  eh, DP also posted in my forum, but me also no understand what these poems mean
  
  

  wah that one nice one... eat the bear
• laurence82

  15 Dec 06, 02:46

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  wah that one nice one... eat the bear

  There was nuthing on eat the bear
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 02:48

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  There was nuthing on eat the bear
  
  

  Here: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=225448
• bohiruci

  15 Dec 06, 06:58

  Have you been to the scarborough fair ?
  
  This is a nice lyrics of an Irish..
  
  can anyone point me out the full lyrics and was it based from an Irish Poem
  
  
• DeadPoet

  15 Dec 06, 13:20

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  There was nuthing on eat the bear
  
  

  Why you want to eat the bear is it?
• DeadPoet

  15 Dec 06, 13:21

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  eh, DP also posted in my forum, but me also no understand what these poems mean
  
  

  It means you are my friend.
• DeadPoet

  15 Dec 06, 13:22

  Originally posted by Diehard_89:

  don't understand still say nice?

  You don't have to 100% understand a poem to enjoy it.
• DeadPoet

  15 Dec 06, 13:26

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  I understand it as give one thing never receive another, vice versa
  
  but is there some subtler meaning or message to me or this forum?

  No special meaning lah. I like to associate Buddhism with flowers, i.e. colourful, beautiful, peace, and love.
  
  But it is hard to please every one right?
  
• choco B

  15 Dec 06, 13:28

  It's about never being satisfied, never being content
  
  You're given A; you want B
  You're given B; you want A again
• An Eternal Now

  15 Dec 06, 13:52

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  No special meaning lah. I like to associate Buddhism with flowers, i.e. colourful, beautiful, peace, and love.
  
  But it is hard to please every one right?
  

  Oh I see..
• bohiruci

  17 Dec 06, 14:49

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  No special meaning lah. I like to associate Buddhism with flowers, i.e. colourful, beautiful, peace, and love.
  
  But it is hard to please every one right?
  

  true
  
  well u have some basic concept on buddhism
  
  i like poetry also
  
  
• viciouskitty74

  18 Dec 06, 02:28

  K.....moral of the story.
  
  Give edible flowers.
  
  Geeezzzz.....vegetarians advice needed. What is acceptable flowers to eat, besides ginger flower?
• path_seeker

  18 Dec 06, 08:16

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  K.....moral of the story.
  
  Give edible flowers.
  
  Geeezzzz.....vegetarians advice needed. What is acceptable flowers to eat, besides ginger flower?

  All flowers are edible by vegetarians, cos it's not part of the 5 pungent vegetables identified by Mahayana tradition.
• LinYu

  18 Dec 06, 08:24

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:
  A poem for my friends in Buddhism: Wisdom Bliss.
  
  [b]Flowers in the Kitchen
  
  On buying her flowers
  she said
  
  “There’s no food in the kitchen
  and we can’t eat flowers.”
  
  On buying her food
  she said
  
  “You don’t buy flowers any more.”
  
  Lemn Sissay (1967 - )[/b]

  delimma delimma delimma.
  
• DeadPoet

  19 Dec 06, 01:15

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  true
  
  well u have some basic concept on buddhism
  
  i like poetry also
  
  

  Well I am surrounded by people from different religions,
  
  My father Buddhist (Thailand)
  My mother Taoist
  My wife Buddhist (Japan)
  My brother Agnostic
  My best friend #1 Buddhist (Tibet)
  My best friend #2 Buddhist (China)
  My best friend #3 Christian
  My best friend #4 Roman Catholic
  
  So I know a bit here and there loh.
  
• DeadPoet

  19 Dec 06, 01:17

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  i like poetry also
  
  

  That's good. Want to share your poems with us at DPS?
• An Eternal Now

  19 Dec 06, 01:18

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Well I am surrounded by people from different religions,
  
  My father Buddhist (Thailand)
  My mother Taoist
  My wife Buddhist (Japan)
  My brother Agnostic
  My best friend #1 Buddhist (Tibet)
  My best friend #4 Buddhist (China)
  My best friend #2 Christian
  My best friend #3 Roman Catholic
  
  So I know a bit here and there loh.
  

  Ooh very interesting
• DeadPoet

  19 Dec 06, 01:21

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  Ooh very interesting

  I know.
• viciouskitty74

  19 Dec 06, 01:26

  Originally posted by path_seeker:

  All flowers are edible by vegetarians, cos it's not part of the 5 pungent vegetables identified by Mahayana tradition.

  Yes....and poison ivy wont kill you. Yes.....belladonna is harmless, and Yes...Deadly Nightshade is beautiful to see....
  
  I can see how it can be included in your diet.
• Isis

  19 Dec 06, 01:59

  How about those plants that eat insects?
  
  Do they have 5 sense too?