Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophytes during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the female cone of coniferous plants. If pollen lands on a compatible pistil or female cone, it germinates, producing a pollen tube that transfers the sperm to the ovule containing the female gametophyte. Individual pollen grains are small enough to require magnification to see detail. The study of pollen is called palynology and is highly useful in paleoecology, paleontology, archaeology, and forensics.
Pollen in plants is used for transferring haploid male genetic material from the anther of a single flower to the stigma of another in cross-pollination. In a case of self-pollination, this process takes place from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower.
Wings of Life
Wings of Life, known as Pollen in France and Hidden Beauty: A Love Story That Feeds the Earth in the United Kingdom, is a 2011 French-American nature documentary directed by Louis Schwartzberg and released by Disneynature. It was released theatrically in France on March 16, 2011, with narration by Melanie Laurent, and in home media markets across the US on April 16, 2013, with narration by Meryl Streep.
Synopsis
The film's synopsis states:
Release
The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in North America as Wings of Life on April 16, 2013.
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Pollen (novel)
Pollen is a 1995 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon.
Plot summary
Pollen is the sequel to Vurt and concerns the ongoing struggle between the real world and the virtual world. When concerning the virtual world, some references to Greek mythology are noticeable, including Persephone and Demeter, the river Styx and Charon, and Hades (portrayed by the character John Barleycorn).
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by Pollen
Glassine
by: PollenMake a man do the job of a little boy
Make a mountain of moleskin
Half of half is really just a quarter
A quarter of a life is all that you've really been livin
Driven to common denominator
You've got to be a part of something better
No need to be so scared now
You'll get what you've got comin
Everybody wants to fall in love
Because they can
Travel all around visit new places
But what is there to prove you ever walked along that sea line
No one to corroborate your days spent
You've got to find a witness to your heartbeat
No need to feel so left out
You'll get what you've got comin
Everybody wants to fall in love
And so they will
All your life
You look for someone
To make your life seem complete
Don't want to spend
Your whole life lonely
No one else has to
So why should you
No need to look so worried
You'll get what you've got comin
Everybody wants to fall in love
And so they will
There's nothing to be scared of
You'll get what you've got comin
Everybody wants to fall in love