<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477373" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Apology to a Dandelion</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dressed in luxuriant yellow<br>You can find her everywhere.<br>She crops up in green meadows<br>And well-manicured lawns<br>In picayune cracks of aged walls<br>Or along concrete sidewalks<br>In the heart of downtown<br>‘Dent de lion' the lion's tooth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some call her Wild Endive.<br>An admirable and humble flower<br>In spring her strong taproots<br>Send up through naked stems<br>Dazzling bright and intrepid blossoms<br>And white botanical lactic juice.<br>Kind, gentle and beautiful Dandelion<br>She is spiritual and eccentric<br>A celibate perennial wild plant<br>That has refused to live a sex life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her ovaries produce fertile seeds<br>Without having to be pollinated.<br>Her yellow flowers slowly turn<br>Into silvery white puffballs<br>Fitted with tufts that fly in the wind<br>Like a myriad of tiny parachutes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why are we so cruel to her? <br>She is so peaceful, tender and charming<br>A marvel of nature, tonic and stimulant<br>The medicinal plant ‘taraxacum officinale'.<br>She promotes health and removes poisons<br>And can be turned <br>Into fabulous salad greens<br>Or even into tea and wine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So why do we hate her so much? <br>Why do we kill her in our gardens? <br>Why do we poison her<br>With deadly chemicals<br>Which harm Mother Earth and Us? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O, gracious dandelion<br>I ask for your forgiveness and apologize.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</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=477373" data-title="Apology to a Dandelion de Paul Hartal" data-description="Dressed in luxuriant yellow You can find her everywhere. She crops up in green meadows And well-manicured lawns In picayune cracks of aged walls Or along concrete sidewalks In the heart of downtown ‘Dent de lion' the lion's tooth. Some call her..."></div> </div> </div>

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