OPINION: Ideas amiss? Try reading this!

My mind began go roam,

Would there be possibility,

To write it as a poem?

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Does it have to be so pertinent? 

So serious all the time?

Couldn’t we just for once break that, 

And make the whole thing rhyme?

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The bigger purpose here you see,

A lesson we could yield,

Is to do it differently,

To think more left of field.

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We have the opportunity,

To craft, create and sculpture,

To introduce an artist’s touch, 

Into horticulture.

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It’s all about the story, 

Behind the produce grown, 

To tell it in a different way, 

So they’re inspired, not just shown.

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Poems are not for everyone, 

And this will cop some knocks,

But what will you do different? 

Will you think outside the box?

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Folk are glued to mobile phones,

Like elaborate glowing toys,

You need to think beyond the norm,

To cut through all the noise.

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The push to go against the flow,

To get a problem solved,

Takes some guts and failures,

But that’s the risk involved.

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It might be how you tackle pests,

Or how you irrigate,

Maybe transport’s where it is,

Sending produce interstate.

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Sure there’s regulations,

To follow to the letter,

But some ideas are waiting there,

To make your business better. 

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No man is a factory, 

So put away those fears,

And talk to fellow workers,

Tune in to their ideas.

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Imagine if you heard a thing,

That solved a problem task,

From picker, packer, old or young,

You’d sure be glad you asked.

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We’ve heard of ‘innovation’,

For what seems like forever,

But really it’s when you stop to say,

”Hey now that is clever.” 

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Not all ideas just come along,

Some take a bit of forming,

The lunchtime table is the place,

To strike up some brainstorming. 

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So if you’ve got a problem,

A job or gig or chore,

Trying thinking more creative,

It’s what farmers are known for.