Are you looking for the proper A to Z letter of the day?
(My A to Z Blog Challenge theme this year is Bittersweetness & Light, my new collection of hope-filled, joy-inducing fantasy and sci fi. I’ll be sharing lots of excerpts of art, stories, and poetry, and I’ll also be sharing some of the background on why we urgently need joyful stories. Also, be sure to check out the Master List of A to Z bloggers.)
Each dandelion
Lives its tiny galaxy:
Sun, then moon, then stars.
I like dandelions, somewhat to the chagrin of some of my neighbors with more “perfect” lawns, and I think they’re absolutely magical. Every child knows that dandelions are something special, and if you find that you’ve forgotten that, I hope you’ll take a moment and try to remember how it feels to know that so much wonder really is everywhere.
H is also for hope, and hope is a muscle that grows stronger with exercise. Be sure to keep yours in shape, because the stronger your hope muscle is, the more miracles you can accomplish.
Marketing Moral: “Signal Boost.” Follow, like, and share my social media posts. The more engagement something gets, the more it will be raised up by the algorithms of our AI overlords. Just like dandelion seeds on the wind, every little bit helps spread the word. (I don’t actually do a ton of social media myself, but in addition to this blog, I’ve got Instagram here.)
How do you feel about dandelions? Or are there other weeds that you especially love or hate?
[Picture: Dandelion Sun, Moon, and Stars, rubber block prints plus digital drawing by AEGNydam from Bittersweetness & Light, 2025 (See NydamPrints.com).]
4 comments:
I like dandelions and I like your haiku about them. Along with the picture, very much brings dandelions I've known to mind.
Honestly I love dandelions, always have, and hope always will. They grow in abundance in my garden - only removed from the beds - and my children often gifted me peculiarly large, wonky or otherwise exceptional dandelions picked on their way home.
I love your dandelion haiku as well, like you I often find Haiku too short, but on the other hand trying to find the exactly right words for what I want to say in this short form is a very good exercise for my verbose self.
I've learned to appreciate dandelions more after learning they are the first food for pollinators. My mowing doesn't start until the dandys are done. The image of the mood falling away into dandelion fluff is so neat.
Your haiku reminds me of the fascination we children had with dandelions. One of us would pick a dandelion and hold it under the chin of a friend, seeing the yellow color reflected on our friend's skin. When the blossoms would go to seed, we'd delight in taking in a big breath and blowing the seeds off the stem, and watching them drift away.
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