what is a dandelion? <br />upon examination <br />a mini map mystery <br />wind reproductive diversity <br /> <br />multiple magnificent <br />miniaturized flowers <br />many tiny flight flower arrows <br />arranged symmetry reality <br /> <br />each tiny flower perceives <br />forms composite flower head <br />hundreds of yellow florets <br />upper layers raised to sky <br /> <br />butter cup yellow bright light <br />flower heart warms inflorescence <br />lower layers enlarge spread <br />curve down bow in symmetry <br /> <br />bright yellow bewitches souls <br />set off in contrast rich green grass <br />delights hearts walking grass blades <br />delights hearts walking green imagery <br /> <br />leaves form a rosette above central taproot <br />yellow to orange coloured flower heads spread <br />open in ray stream daytime close sleep night <br />flower heads mature spherical clocks spy <br /> <br />soon host birth transformations <br />real flowers wax dandelion blooms <br />each single flower head floret prepares <br />each seed stem attached white threads fluffy <br /> <br />cypselae on dandelion clock ticks <br />matured capitulum await breezes winds <br />to disperse in wind seed birth rights <br />hair-like calyx tissue waits above each ovary <br /> <br />each tiny flower has produced a seed <br />white spectral seed head manifests <br />design wonder delights child hands <br />dimensional layers link preflight mystery <br /> <br />seeds produce asexually by apomixes <br />where without pollination are produced seeds <br />offspring identical to the parent plants <br />resulting in offspring identical genetically <br /> <br />mystery mystery raptures in dandelions <br />strong breezes winds produce dandelion snows <br />run in fields as expand lift seed parachutes <br />seed-bearing parachutes create flower destiny <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/duplicated-dandelion-diversity/
