Re: [New-Poetry] The Poet’s Lawn

[ATambellini01 at aol.com]

here is a piece on the dandelions and what they meant to us during the  
war....never destroy dandelions.
 
 
November 9, 1990

there is an ad on TV

selling  a spray: 
kill  dandelions 
the  unwanted ugly weed 
I  take from the field  
the  stem holding 
the  dandelion seeds 
blow  into them 
to  disperse the seeds 
over  the land  
for  procreation 
I  pick the fresh 
tender  leaves 
cut  as the teeth of a lion 
I  taste the bitter roots 
then  thank mother earth 
for  this food 
that  sustained so many of us  
from  hunger 
it’s  war time 
the  spring of ‘44 
an  homage  
to  a very dear plant 
that  is long overdue 




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