<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366605" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Violets...Dandelions and Drought</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My Front Yard…in Las Vegas Nevada</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A hostile environment<br>A parched arid place<br>A Mars-like landscape<br>A few hardy weeds embrace</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dandelions struggle <br>For meager existence<br>Gripping dry, parched earth <br>With desperate persistence</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> undauntedly turning<br>Golden faces to the sun<br>Asking no quarter…<br>And Nature gives none</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Almost unnoticed <br>In the early Spring breeze<br>Small timid blue blossoms<br>Barely rise to dandelions knees</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is my front yard<br>In a Drought stricken place<br>Where a few gilded dandelions<br>Maintain tenuous grace</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As if standing sentinel<br>Over tiny violets of blue<br>Shepherds over sheep <br>Of cobalt hue</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lenticular clouds <br>devoid of rain<br>Rolling out of the red mountains<br>Tumbling o’er the plains</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Days will grow longer<br>Nights will wane<br>The sun will grow stronger<br>And swallow the rain</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And still the weary dandelions<br>Will stand strong and true<br>In unspoken communion<br>With tiny Violets of blue</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Indian spirits, Dust devils<br>Botanic bravada<br>in my front yard…<br>In Las Vegas…Nevada</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Whalen">David Whalen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366605" data-title="Violets...Dandelions and Drought de David Whalen" data-description="My Front Yard…in Las Vegas Nevada A hostile environment A parched arid place A Mars-like landscape A few hardy weeds embrace Dandelions struggle For meager existence Gripping dry, parched earth With desperate persistence undauntedly turnin..."></div> </div> </div>

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