Thistles – Gerardine Baugh http://mywalkingpath.com My Walking Path Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:52:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/mywalkingpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-DSC_0528.jpg?fit=32%2C32 Thistles – Gerardine Baugh http://mywalkingpath.com 32 32 79402611 Poem For a Thistle!~ Or, Talking Heads, Nodding In Thorny Agreement!~ http://mywalkingpath.com/2010/06/09/poem-for-a-thistle-or-talking-heads-nodding-in-thorny-agreement/ http://mywalkingpath.com/2010/06/09/poem-for-a-thistle-or-talking-heads-nodding-in-thorny-agreement/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:52:40 +0000 http://gerardinebaugh.wordpress.com/?p=2079 Musk Thistles

 

Tall and strong, they held their heads high

Their skin, a smooth line of waxy green

Coated with thorns

They looked up

And saw the sky

Blue…

Amid fast moving puffs of white and grey

They looked abreast, and saw the ground

Brown…

Lines and leaves of diverse greens, amassed

Thrust, from side to side

with each random breeze

They looked out at my camera

wide eyes of innocence and unease

In that moment of stratum pink and white

they wondered, If…

and survived

 

The Musk Thistle is considered a Noxious weed in Illinois.  These Thistles were growing near the road. If you want to read about them click on the link below.

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CANU4

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