Pando

Another Plant’s Mantinada*

By Patrick M. OhanaPublished 16 days ago • 1 min read

Photo by Lance Oditt (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Pando may be the largest living organism on Earth.

Thousands of years old even before Goddess Athena’s birth.

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* A mantinada typically consists of a Cretan 15-syllable rhyming couplet. Mantinades is the plural. Make sure to watch the video below. It is mind-blowing : )

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nature poetry

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Patrick M. Ohana

A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.

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Matthew Fromm16 days ago
Well this is a rabbit hole I’m headfirst down

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