Yarrow
A common weed
Says the herbalist.
Yet Homer tells
In the Iliad of
Achilles healing wounds
With it.
The yellow bloom in
My garden
Reminds me of a
Fossil of coral from
The Ordivician Period,
Four hundred and fifty million years ago.
It speaks volumes
Of history,
Both common and
Legendary, to be
Seen and honored in
A common weed.
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I love yarrow, too. Nice tribute to an ancient herb.
A wonderful poem about a flower given the unfortunate label of a weed