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Rampageous Dandelion

by Cathlyn Cartier

Rampageous Dandelion...

You try to destroy the peaceful harmony of my existence.

Intruder of Driveway Cracks
Invader of Pastoral St. Augustine
Obstructer of Cobbled Walkway
Violator of Orderly Beds of Cultured Blooms

You refuse to know your place.

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Rampageous Dandelion...

Children think you’re lovely in your brilliant yellow (never pink) hue.
They pick you by the handful and present you as a bouquet, that, while the thought is precious, wrecks havoc with its pollenus allergens.
When you "go to seed" and shed your yellow dress, a white (never pink) puff of fluff sits atop your stem. With the first breeze, or with the help of a child’s breath you float away and burrow deep into the soil, twisting and turning your way deeper until you have buried yourself beneath the yet green blanket of grass.

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Rampageous Dandelion...

The sun and rain of Spring nourish you as you are buried in my yard and overnight you reappear, not one or two here and there, but hundreds everywhere…

Intruder of Driveway Cracks
Invader of Pastoral St. Augustine
Obstructer of Cobbled Walkway
Violator of Orderly Beds of Cultured Blooms

Nothing is safe or sacred from your enroaching touch.

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Rampageous Dandelion...

Some say you’re quite delicious, fermented into wine.
Others insist that in a salad you’re really quite divine.
I care not what others think, I wish no one ill,
But of your brashy yellowness (never pink), I’ve had more than my fill.
I’ve tried to cultivate you, to give you your own space,
But it seems you just don’t understand just where is your place.
I’ve pulled you up, by the roots, from all forbidden lands.
I’ve torn you out of hallowed ground with my own two hands.
The chore was arduous for sure.
I was sweating like the dickens.
Don’t worry that you’ve passed in vain,
Tomorrow I will feed you to the chickens.

12/19/2002

Author's Note: Also read as a satricical metaphor.

Posted on 12/20/2002
Copyright © 2024 Cathlyn Cartier

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Olivia Weinkein on 12/20/02 at 12:09 AM

this was fun...lighthearted & fun..i enjoyed it...and now i believe i am sure to look at dandelions in a whole new light, lil' intruders :)

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 12/20/02 at 04:17 AM

Fun poem Cathlyn: The weed seed I dare not feed, but of course they have no need..Happy Holidays...Charlie

Posted by Anne Howe on 12/22/02 at 11:35 AM

so that's what puts the yellow in the yolk :)) ...an excellent read

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 12/22/02 at 11:49 AM

A first for me in that I've never read a poem about that ever invasive weed. We get them here in Canada too, and as you've noted in your poem, both beautiful and a nuisance.

Posted by Quinn Vokes on 12/23/02 at 01:58 AM

hahaha! this is so funny! things like "Violator of Orderly Beds of Cultured Blooms" are just so great! i can't believe you thought of that. very imaginative;)

Posted by Lori Johnson on 12/23/02 at 06:21 PM

LOL, this is funny, don't know how I missed it before. Love the descriptions. The thing I remember most about them is that the only time I could go barefoot in my yard, was after a fresh mowing...otherwise the risk of bees on those dang dandlions was too great. Then, of course I had green-stained feet. LOL

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 05/04/03 at 01:44 AM

Ahh yes, very descriptive of the bane of the lawn and garden! They grow as if they own the place! LOL!!!

Posted by Mary Ellen Smith on 05/04/03 at 04:23 PM

clever story...you may not like them but you wrote in their natural born beauty just the same...I love that!

Posted by Charles J Hannan on 05/11/03 at 02:08 PM

Yes I too have picked them and brought them to mom, never knowing of the sinus suffering she had to endure...lol...quite an amusing poem, Cathlyn!

Posted by Alex Smyth on 05/11/03 at 09:49 PM

Oh, too funny! MY yard is full of dandelions (and I love their impudence). My neighbors all have beautifully manicured lawns, and in the spring I can FEEL their anger at my little puffball friends! Thanks for the laugh!

Posted by Agnes Eva on 05/12/03 at 12:43 AM

i love the title and its repetition throughout, it encapsulates your poem well. very enjoyable rampage ;)

Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 05/12/03 at 03:22 AM

LOL... this was a lot of fun to read. I wrote one a couple of years ago about dandelions (not nearly as long!), but this one is great. Very Whitmanesque in style, till you "break form" into rhyming couplets at the end (a rather startling shift, but still very enjoyable) - green thumbs up! d:-)

Posted by Jean Mollett on 05/12/03 at 04:12 AM

Hi Cathlyn, Very good. Yes they are hard to get rid of. And they are good to mix in with other green to eat, very good. That's the leaves only. I've got them too. They grow anywhere. Peace & Joy, Jean.

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