Below are two outcomes of my dallying with dandelions: the poetic and the painted. <\/span><\/p>\n Dandelion (dents de lion<\/i>) <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n In meadows of fresh green cool Cheery, cheeky presence Yellow stink clutched in little hands Your leaves grace tables high and low Your honest, humble heart giving all, Back to May 2021 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 505 \u2022 May 2021 newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Juliet Henderson There was lively discussion on a number of topics at the late April Oxford Coordinating Group meeting, including the dandelion and its (un)welcome intrusion into gardens. One thing can sometimes lead to another, and it was this \u2013 followed by Ellen Bassani\u2019s query about how to distinguish weeds from plants if you can\u2019t … Continue reading Dandelion Dallying<\/span>
\n<\/span>In wastelands, in pavement cracks
\n<\/span>Comes dandelion
\n<\/span>Ready to root <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Golden tease, playing \u2018catch me if you can\u2019
\n<\/span>With gardeners tending lawns
\n<\/span>Locked in a lore of purity <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Seed heads puffed to tell the time
\n<\/span>Drifting parachutes freed to seed
\n<\/span>What care you for the bad press?
\n<\/span>Benign weed, you are edible from top to tail <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Full of nutrients sucked up
\n<\/span>Through the hidden ribbons of roots<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>A survivor till the end <\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Picture8.png\")
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