On my morning walk the other day I saw a field of dandelions, green starred with gold from end to end, side to side. I doubt the farmer was happy but I certainly was! We made dandelion wine years ago, great taste, but definitely labour-intensive …
DANDELIONS 
storm roadsides
– obliterate green
takeover tarmac
– eat whole meadows
rise fall
– in yellow clouds
that fog the world
– with neon light
bundled in thousands
– they invade theatres
present themselves
– on silver salvers 
to divas to conductors
– and hang from chandeliers
at mayoral banquets
– they’re poured as libations
to bacchanalian gods
– for pre-hangover cure
gold takes over the earth
– until it shines
glows emits petaled flares
– brighter than the sun
Those Blue Shoes for ages 7-11 … Weston’s … skill in juggling time past with time present … the plot unfolds with fast-paced action, mystery, suspense and even a ghost. Joan Givner
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