Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINES TO A MILKWEED, by GALDYS HIGBEE POLINSKE


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LINES TO A MILKWEED, by                    
First Line: Ah, lovely weed, and yet it seems a shame
Last Line: Because it's passed.
Subject(s): Landscape; Seeds; Weeds


Ah, lovely weed, and yet it seems a shame
To call thee by such name,
Who lends such beauty to the landscape fair,
As in the autumn air
Thy white wings float.

The children love thee, and with great delight
Do pluck thy seeds so white;
The pods wherein those silken seeds have grown,
That now have from them flown,
Each makes a boat.

And as for me, I love thee too, delight,
Thy silken wings so white
That sail upon the air, to me they seem
So like a lovely dream
That cannot last.

The empty pods in which the seeds have grown
That far away have flown,
Are like the lonely souls that grieve
For what they can't retrieve
Because it's passed.





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