In modern poetry, plants are often used as images or metaphors, and become the medium for poets to express their feelings and think about life. For example, the famous poet Emily Dickinson once wrote:
"Hope is a feather,
Gently falling in the depths of the soul;
Singing is an unstoppable bird,
Singing in the worst wind and rain. "
In this poem, "hope" is compared to a light feather, and "singing" is compared to an indomitable bird. These images are all related to plants: feathers come from birds, and birds need to live in trees to make beautiful songs.
Other modern poets describe plants themselves more directly. For example, Li Bai's "Green Garden Sunflower Sunbathing"; In Gu Cheng's poem, "The grass is bearing seeds, the wind is shaking leaves, and it is beautiful when we stand without talking".