Abstract: In Luo Yu’s poetry, “plant” is of great significance. It is an integral element and poet emotional totem, also a metonymy of self, of society, of human and the situation of human survival,while “plant”is a kind of local history records, a more effective writing way. With experience of plant poetics , Luo Yu’s writing gradually shows the special characteristics of aesthetic and his poetry has the sharp power and complexity.

Key words: Luo Yu’s poetry, “plant poetics”, emotional totem, metonymy, local history