Dandelion heads’ bouquet!

By Rhiannonw

Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Dandelion mopheads,
each a golden star
Poppy runs to pick them,
‘Poppy! in the car!’
shouts Mum,
a trifle harrassed, tired, glum;

winning smile to me brings gift,
to carry home with care
not to drop them, let them drift
(– they may pass by me, stare).

Reaching home I proffer,
bouquet of fun to those
quite confined, they find it tougher
now to view a thing that grows
down there low beside their toes;

– but how surprised am I to see,
their pleasure in this gift so free –
those shiny mopheads, quite a while
inside a tiny pot-vase smile:
young Poppy’s laughing gift
brought quite an unexpected lift!

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Submitted by TVR on
Good afternoon, Rhiannon. Lovely rhyming in your poem, and I adored your final stanza. Thoroughly enjoyable. Best wishes Trev

TVR

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Thank you, again, Trev, glad you enjoyed this bit of fun! and I really was surprised at how much those dandelion heads were enjoyed by the two elderly people. They didn't seem at all amused by the gift! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I agree with Trev, Rhiannon. Truly enchanting and it brought a smile to my lips;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
I am glad it gave you a smile, and was enjoyed! We had the sun this morning, and I did take the lady around the garden, though her distance sight and mobility is failing. But she did enjoy that too, before the rain came this afternoon. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by ItsSteveDave on
Hi Rhiannon, this is excellent. Really enjoyed. Theres beauty in simple gifts! Steve.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Quite so, Steve! Thanks for your comment. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Rhiannon

I am a dandelion lover - and am so pleased to see their bright heads in my garden. So I can understand how pleased your in-laws would have been with the bouquet. Good on Poppy.

Jean

 

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean, it was a lovely incident.
I too, like their brightness. I remember one of my children when young asking, when looking at a lawn covered in dandelions in flower, why we couldn't have those flowers in our garden! (Actually we had only a tiny lawn at the time, and my husband did mow it rather regularly, though it consisted largely of weed leaves and moss I think!) Rhiannon