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The greyheaded

dandelion's shattering

and westwind's winged

scattering

.. wed to the rain's

sweet splattering

.. now gold blooms

all over

spattering



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to Richard Wilbur

who awakened this aspirant's

love of poetry with

"To A Milkweed"



"What power had I before

I learned to yield..

Shatter me, Great Wind,

I shall possess the field!"



I used to fear the shattering

which comes to every soul

at some point..

until I realized that

the seeds do not leave their

mother.. until they are ready

and ripe .. wanting to go



Richard Wilbur has been ignored

by some poetry critics because

of the gem like simplicity

and brevity of his poems..

these critics prefer the arcane

.. the uncommunicable..