#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream
Milkweed Blossom
I wait until the wind gusts settle down
on this morning. Through the trees
beyond the brook, after the swamp
opening into the meadow, I too am glistened
as the milkweed, with rain.
“While I stood here, in the open, lost in myself,
I must have looked a long time
. . .
It is here. At a touch of my hand,
The air fills with delicate creatures
From the other world.”
“Milkweed flowers - Asclepias species produce some of the most complex flowers in the plant kingdom, comparable to orchids in complexity. ”
“Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed. If monarch eggs are laid on plants other than milkweed, the caterpillars cannot survive and ultimately starve to death. Monarch caterpillars rely on milkweed plants and that’s why female monarchs choose to lay their eggs on milkweed plants.”
All photos and text copyright Kelly DuMar 2017 unless otherwise attributed