Tag: poetry

Posted in Holiday, May Flowers 2013

The Common Dandelion

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Dandelion
Dandelion

Little yellow blossoms,
Often picked without much stem,
By little hands seeking flowers for Mother.
Children love you.
To them you are beautiful, and you’re free!

They  can gather you and make crowns,
And chains, and rub you under their chins to see if they like butter.
How fun!  I smile at the thought.

Gardeners and grown ups don’t like you much,
but on this Mother’s Day,
I wonder how many of you
Became yellow bouquets of love,
Gracing Mom’s dining room table,
Along with a homemade card.

Dandelions, I think God created you just for children.

Leona J. Atkinson   05-12-13

Posted in May Flowers 2013

Perky Little Petunia

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Perky Petunia
Perky Petunia


Perky Little Petunia,
Here you are once again,
Blooming so prettily
in that silver can.

You gave us your beauty,
so many days last year.
Never again did I expect to see you,
Yet after winter you did appear.

Your hardiness has earned you,
a special focal spot
in my Spring garden,
for an Annual you are not!

(Written for Laura Jae’s little Petunia plant
who lived through the winter to bloom again this Spring!)

Leona J. Atkinson  05-10-13

Posted in May Flowers 2013

Veronica Speedwell

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Veronica Speedwell
Veronica Speedwell

 

Veronica Speedwell!
I am so pleased to meet you today,
As you bask in the sun along the roadway.
Your purple spikes reach toward the sky,
Attracting bird and butterfly.
You’re such a carefree perennial,
As you bid travelers “speed you well”.
I think in my garden you should dwell,
Miss Veronica Speedwell .

Leona J. Atkinson
05-09-13

Posted in May Flowers 2013

Little Wonder of White

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Ground Cover
Ground Cover

You look like a wild strawberry blossom,
but your waxy green leaves negate that.
So I wonder who you are little wonder of white?
You are such a beautiful ground covering mat
growing so free, your name I’d like to know.
Were it not Spring I would think you were snow.

Leona J. Atkinson
05-05-13

Posted in May Flowers 2013

To the Blossoming Bush Along the Way

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Blossoming Bush
Blossoming Bush


Little bush I know not your name,
Though twice a day I pass you by.
May I stop to admire you,
Who I can’t identify?
For your presence brightens up my path,
As I walk along the way,
and your white starry blossoms,
Seem to only flower in May.
Thanks for the beauty you add to my day!

Leona J.  Atkinson
05-04-13

Posted in Holiday, May Flowers 2013

Pretty Pansies

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Pretty Pansies
Pretty Pansies

 

Pretty Pansies against the fence,
smiling at me this first May Day.

I had to stop to admire you ,
all dressed in colors of pink, yellow and blue.

You posed for me, and seemed to say,
“Take our picture before we fade away!”

Leona J. Atkinson
05-01-13