Read full poem →Organic breeds to myriad births;
By lichen small on granite wall
Approved, its faintest feeblest stir
Dictionary Entry
Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow patches on old walls, etc.
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Common Phrases
planus lichen. lichensclerosus lichensimplex lichenspecies lichenruber lichenlichen orallichen erosive
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Poetry examples for “lichen”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Along the roadside where we pass,
Lichen and moss and sturdy weed,
Tell of His love who sends the dew,
Read full poem →Men to tell me of ancient days, of those who built and planted,
Lichen gray, branch broken, bent and sighing,
Hobbling for warmth in the sun and for places to sit and smoke.
Read full poem →Salt and basalt, wild and tame,
Tree, and lichen, ape, sea-lion,
Bird and reptile be my game.