1 min read Blooms

the little dandelion

The dandelion stares In the yellow sunlight.
Desert dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata) by NPS/ Carmen Aurrecoechea (Public Domain)
a cluster of bright yellow flowers with many petals and dark red centers bloom together.

Lula Lowe Weeden 1918 – 2013

The dandelion stares
In the yellow sunlight.
How very still it is!
When it is old and grey,
I blow its white hair away,
And leave it with a bald head.

From Caroling Dusk (Harper & Brothers, 1927), edited by Countee Cullen. This poem is in the public domain. Via poets.org

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