Dandelions
MEADOW, pasture and wayside lawn,Dandelions greet the dawn.
Golden yellow, sunburst flower
Bright upon their double bracts
Turning back to clasp the stem
Until a fluffy ball of white
With seed a downy parachute
Ripe to catch the passing breeze
Drifts across the sun-warm earth
Birthing dormant seed next year-
Gardener's weed, invading seed,
Lazy-hazy country-wine,
Childhood clocks to count the time:
Careless footsteps crush you dead
But
Golden florets, gild the landscape-
Innovating, multilying
Dandelion summer-gold
Spreads and spreads
And
Spreads!