ablaze
Spring in full sway,
when dandelions
peep low to call in
drowsy pollinators.
Twenty nine blazes,
scatter-shots grass
bright with yellow
on green flag.
Unfurled spirit,
nature’s patriot
foundation, under
scant pear blossoms.
Pale demure ruffles
tiptoe branches
where robin, dove,
and chickadee pause.
Michelle (aka Mish) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Mish would like us to write a 44-word poem sans title using the word blaze.
Tao Talk 
You paint such a lovely picture of spring… maybe this week it will come as well…. I look forward to it.
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:::sending it your way:::
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We both went with spring, Lisa, and I love the flashes of colour in your quadrille: the peeping dandelions and drowsy pollinators.
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Kim, it is in the air, isn’t it. Thank you, my friend.
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My pleasure, Lisa!
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Aww you’ve given us so much of Spring’s beauty condensed into this quadrille. I love the thought of those yellow beauties beckoning the bees. Sweet!
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Imagining the bees curled and asleep and hearing their call. :) Thanks, Mish.
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Love the colours, blossoms and birds that herald spring! Lovely, Li. 🙂
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Thanks, Punam :)
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Lovely Spring images
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:)
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Beautiful ode to spring – to nature….these words most especially:
“where robin, dove,
and chickadee pause.” are the details that make it so.
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Lillian, thanks so much and glad you enjoyed it.
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“dandelions
peep low to call in
drowsy pollinators.”
Love the idea of drowsy pollinators.☺️
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:) <3
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Love the imagery and alliteration in this one, Lisa!
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Frank, thanks! I’ve never seen the dandelions cover the whole field like this before.
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I love dandelions. (K)
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Me too. More than ever this year!
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They are everywhere here too! I wonder why.
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Yes it is and I love it! I love dandelions.
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:) Smileys look like dandelions.
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lol yes it does! Jennifer had me pull over the other day as she picked some wild daisies.
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I like the idea of calling dandelions blazes.
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:)
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I like your poem a lot! Especially, “when dandelions
peep low to call in
drowsy pollinators.”
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Judy, thanks.
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Nicely done, Lisa. Dandelions… weeds or flowers… it is all in the eye of the beholder!
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Exactly, Dwight. The lengths that people go to to get rid of them is both amusing — and dangerous (i.e. roundup.) Dandelion wine is all I need to know to know that they are not weeds ;)
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:>) you are right.
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Spring in full sway – I like it. Thus far, the season has been uneven in my neck of the woods. With a high of 87, it felt more like summer today. Tomorrow, we’re back to spring with a forecast high of 60. On Thursday, supposedly, we’re up again to 81. Thus far, the only constant of this Jersey spring seems to be change! :-)
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Wow, Christian, your temps have been high! It’s been rainy here and around 60, which is ok. Really greening up around here.
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beautifully done, Lisa…🌷🤍
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Thank you :)
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my pleasure 🌷🤍
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Well, did the pollinators come, and did they work? Pretty dandelions (nice in your picture also) shouldn’t grow old and white. Only good thing is that the kids like to blow the pollen away. Good for the kids and for the plants.
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I saw a few pollinators but no honeybees. A bumblebee and a butterfly were really the one ones. You’re right, why do they have to go old and white? Yes, kids — and some adults too! — like them :)
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Lovely, I enjoy these little yellow flowers.
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Me too, Robbie. They are a million little suns ablazing.
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A lovely description.
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A beautiful poem to celebrate nature and spring.
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Thanks much :)
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It’s a pleasure
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A lovely unfurling of Spring.
much♡love
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:) Yes it is!
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This is a lovely use of the word, Lisa. My yard is not yet ablaze in yellow, but it will come ;-)
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Thanks much, Dale :) I see you have saucer magnolia (?) or tulip trees (?) making a splash there.
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It’s in the alley beside our office. Pretty cool, eh? I was going to walk over to another which is a darker pink but the rains have discouraged me today.
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Such a lovely few moments in nature this was for me, Lisa. Thank you.
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De, happy to share those moments with you :)
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Please, oh please … will you bottle up your lovely quadrille ~~~ send it cross country to Bend Oregon? We had a short snow/sleet/rain squall yesterday.
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Helen, oh no on the snow! :::message in a bottle::: headed your way…
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Lovely photos.
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Thanks much! They are even more ablaze now than they were then. The pollinators are abuzz with happiness :)
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Most welcome. 🙂
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<3
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Enchanting, Lisa. A delight to read.
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Dora, thank you :)
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My pleasure, my friend.
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Just lovely, Lisa! <3
~David
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David, many thanks <3
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This is really lovely, Lisa! It was totally humming with harmonious chords throughout.
(Also a good poem to read on a day when I didn’t want to cut my lawn and thereby decapitate all of the beautiful dandelions, lol.)
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Nicole, I was noticing how long my grass has been getting and my mind wandered to the lawn mower. Then I remembered my personal policy: don’t mow until the dandelions are done :)
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Unfortunately our lawn mower is low quality and can’t handle super long grass. But I had a good reason to procrastinate: helping my friend with wedding preparations, and getting my own bridesmaid stuff ready to go for tomorrow.
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