Moisture wetness dewiness
\nWhere Ficaria Verna thrives
\nA harbinger of Spring itself
\nA wild plant that survives
\nForming mats in woodlands
\nThreatening to control
\nIn the Buttercup family
\nIt has a powerfful role<\/p>\n
Called the lesser celandine
\nBut noxious one can say
\nHorses cattle and even sheep
\nMay soon pass away
\nEating it for sadly
\nDespite its heart shaped leaves
\nIts really very poisonous
\nAnd though lesser it achieves
\nDominance over other plants
\nThe reason is it tends
\nTo establish itself early
\nThough clearly without friends
\nIt, has to be hardy
\nIts glossy petals do
\nGrow low down, a perennial
\nAs yellow as its true<\/p>\n
It just laps up the sunlight
\nAnd wildfolk digging may
\nPropagate and spread it
\nIn the cool light of day
\nIts also called the pilewort
\nA hemorroid remedy
\nRaw may cause vile itching
\nAnd blistering to be
\nA tragedy in many ways
\nWordsworth supposedly
\nLoved the Lesser Celandine
\nThrough the a stone carver
\nWho be
\nCarrying out the calling
\nUsed the greater Celandine
\nCheladonium or Nipplewort
\nOn his gravestone
\nWhich was mean<\/p>\n
For that was from the Poppy family
\nAnd clearly Wordsworth
\nFelt
\nAn inkling for the Buttercup
\nJust Possibly he knelt
\nDown and clasped those petals
\nHeart shaped and glossy green
\nHow sad the carver got it wrong
\nFor apparently its been
\nOn his grave since then
\nThe greater Celandine
\nBut both plants do have merit
\nFicaria Verna green
\nAnd the chelidonium
\nA sedative some say
\nA flower that bloomed when the
\nSwallows came and died
\nWhen they flew away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Moisture wetness dewiness Where Ficaria Verna thrives A harbinger of Spring itself A wild plant that survives Forming mats in woodlands Threatening to control In the Buttercup family It has a powerfful role Called the lesser celandine But noxious one … Continue reading