[Stylist] new version of Fish Eyes

[Ericka]

My goodness this is wonderful! It brings back sweet memories of childhood. Do you have a link that gives tips on how to write poetry of different kinds?

I like how you bring everything together and I never knew what the technical term for dandelion was. Very neat.

Ericka Nelson

> On May 13, 2019, at 1:56 PM, Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Here’s the new and, I Think, improved version of Fish Eyes.
> 
> Barbara Hammel
> 
>        FISH EYES
>        by Barbara Hammel
> 
> 
> Those little golden harbingers of springtime
> That dot the green with fallen rays of sunshine,
> 
> 
> Which honeybees do relish with great pleasure --
> But mankind's fight with them seems perpetual --
> 
> 
> They are the bane of those who want perfection.
> To some they're good for wine or tea or salad.
> 
> 
> They dot the green with fallen rays of sunshine --
> The precious coins of childhood's treasure stockpile --
> 
> 
> That bright bouquet most every mom's been gifted
> And some of them, their blooms her tears have misted,
> 
> 
> And they're the wishing-flowers when white puffballs;
> Always food for some with wings and some with paws.
> 
> 
> Those little golden harbingers of springtime,
> The clarion call to bird and bee alike
> 
> 
> That blossoms are forthcoming all around us,
> We all hate to love the bright Taraxacum.
> 
> 
> You may know that it means lion's tooth in French.
> You may recognize its sweet, green, butter scent.
> 
> 
> I used to see them with eyes you're looking through
> Till autism was the game-changer of life's rules.
> 
> 
> What you may perceive to be an ugly weed
> Are now pretty Chinese sunflowers to me.
> 
> 
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