My friend Michelle is hosting at Today’s Little Ditty. Happy blog birthday, Michelle!Pinethicket at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia CommonsLoblolly Pollenby Keri Collins LewisGolden starsburst throughtheir pine needle galaxy,a granular showertumbling to Earth.***Spring is singing in Mississippi, and the tune is a chorus of sneezes.Oak pollen, pine pollen, and all kinds of wildflowers (aka weeds) are blooming. I’m alternately delighted and reaching for tissues. I tried to take picture out my bedroom window to show you the stars of pollen that inspired this short poem for Poetry Friday, but the windows were too covered in pollen. Blech. …

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