dandelions & pink memories

the sky is quiet

dandelions

dot the green grass

like sunny spectators

lining up for the big show

assembled patiently

with their sisters

laden in fuzzy white coats

all dressed up

and no where to go ...

 

they're just

waiting

for the

wind to blow.

pink memories

clog my mind

cotton candy

suffocating

sweet

 

love notes

whisper in the red moon

morning

the sky quiets me

when I can't

think of anything

but running back

to you ...

 

pencil me into your notebook

and I'll sign on the dotted line

the one that says I'm yours

and you're mine ...

 

I draw you in my mind

fill me with your pen ...

Author's Note

Reviews

[Fran Marie]

sunny. spectators ..I like that .my friends and i used to make necklace chains. out of them and help those sisters in the white coats waiting for the wind to blow..a little breath of our own..a delightful write to read..nice work

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate the read and review

[poetgurl]

This is a well written write, much enjoyed how you formatted this piece. Nicely written & expressed

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you kindly. It has become somewhat of a signature style of mine since I arrived at the cafe' in 2012

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

This is wonderful, Love your last stanza, remarkable write

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it

[Delmar Cooper]

Where my neighbor sees noxious weeds I see, well I see the same thing actually, but I do appreciate your take on them.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah well, I appreciate your appreciation

[Chris Shaw]

I absolutely love your first stanza. I've always been a fan of dandelions and seed dispersal. "Don't pick them or you'll wet the bed', my Nan would say. The whole poem is lovely but your first stanza drew me in and gave me me memories.

Chris

[Lyn Anderson]

thanks so much, I appreciate it. I have a lot of catching up to do.:)

[jane7z]

Your imagery is always amazing but tying in the sweetness even almost cloying sweetness of reluctant love is awesome!

[Lyn Anderson]

why thank you darling. I wasn't always so sweet, but love has a way of softening my edges

[Robert Trakofler]

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WOW

[Robert Trakofler]

love your notes too i was never very good at staying in the lines also so now i just use blank paper

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Never thought of staying in the lines. I just do what suits me ... it's funny, been doing poetry the same way since I was 13. Only now have I come to examine it and display it from rough to finished product

[Edie Blue Starfish]

What a nice way of looking at those dandelions. I enjoyed this scattering of romantic love notes across the page.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. I was, quite literally, looking at a field of dandelions

[Coyote Poetry]

Wonderful poetry shared dear Lyn.
"pencil me into your notebook
and I'll sign on the dotted line
the one that says I'm yours
and you're mine …"
The above lines sweet and needed. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Lyn Anderson]

you are too kind, thank you

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome dear Lyn.

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhhhhhh boy...poets in love! danger danger danger ;))) that is the best attitude on dandelions I have ever heard ... I tend to sound the alarm when I see their armies rising up ;) the contrast with pink is delicious ... interesting you speaker has tasted too much ... your red moon morning skies are also very interesting and dramatic for me ..red skies in the morning...sailors take warning ;) your verses are like bursts of inspiration taken down at different times on scraps of this and that so as not to forget them ... the overall feeling of a lasting love ... through all the different aspects of a heart and life is what I get from your form and font ... so...Lyn... is he writing love poems for you?? ;))))))))
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah thanks. Yes, often my poems are snippets - thought doodles - and my farmboy isn't a writer, and that's just fine by me. The last writer didn't work out so well.:)

[Einstein Noodle]

yes.... two poets together needs a strong flexible flame retardant bag to hold all the passion ;)))))))))) god bless you with your farm boy..love that Lyn! reminds me of the movie "Princess Bride" as the heroine called the hero "farm boy" :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes. That's one of our favourite movies. In my case, my poet was more a deceiver and less a romantic

[Einstein Noodle]

bad on him ..his loss in every way ... one can never shine by smearing one's self with sludge .. Princess Bride has THE most spectacular sword fights ever says i ... even the great Errol Flynn could not compare :)