Tabatha Yeatts has created a link to poems teachers and librarians can print for poetry month, titled "Poetry in The Halls". I'm grateful to be one of the poets!
Jama Rattigan has a post HERE with many poets' goals for April.
The Progressive Poem schedule can be found on the right.
Spring Plea
Their seeds settled in last October,
‘till spring warmth asked for cheerful displays.
Time for bright tender suns tucked into
lackluster rock borders of grey.
I love April’s grass that seems greenest,
the bud-sprouting soft haze of trees,
but first celebrate dandelion
polka-dotting our green fields with ease.
Bees welcome this food for an entree,
come buzzing along for the taste.
Let the in-ground lights stay glowing;
do not remove them in haste.
Linda Baie ©
Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion
Non-native species. A common weed, its solitary flower head, each with numerous yellow ray flowers, tops a hollow, leafless stalk that rises from the center of a rosette of toothed leaves. Stem juice is milky.
The popular name comes from dent de lion, French for lion's tooth, referring to the teeth on the leaves. The young leaves may be used in salads and soups; wine is made from the heads. Several species, some native to high mountain meadows, are similar to the Common Dandelion but may have reddish-brown fruits and outer bracts that do not curl.