
source site Milkweed Exploding Seeds © 2007
https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/general-contractors-grimesland-nc/ Exploding seed pods
Glimmering silk parachutes
They shoot forth white strands
attached to brown propellers.
Milky seeds shimmer in flight.
see The milkweed plant offers a lovely show when it disperses its seeds. The above poem is a tanka; its form is 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
https://www.jacobysaustin.com/hours/ Photographed at Governor Nelson State Park near Westport, Wisconsin in October, 2007.
https://www.beyondagencyprofits.com/go-high-level/ To see an earlier set of photos of the life cycle of the milkweed plant – spring, summer and fall – go to http://gardengrow.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/milkweed-life-cycle/



