Okay.. three diferent folks identified this flower which I originally labelled as a “Mystery Flower.” Here is what it says about it online: Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana), also known as goatweed, Mexican thistle, prickly poppy, and yellow thistle, is a member of the poppy family
Weeds
They poke their heads through every crack.
We pull them out, but they come back.
What rule of nature is to blame
that the flowers we plant don’t do the same?
Here are other poems written for the dVerse Poets prompt: Weeds
Here is the prompt for dVerse Poets!!!
A friend gave me a few of these plants from her garden before she moved back to the states. I soon grew to rue the day I planted them as within a year they had started to take over my garden. They formed borders around the gazebo and the back wall and the studio, but soon they started to spread to potted plants and every single inch of the yard where they could find a foothold, so . . . .(Click on first photo and then each in sequence to read the rest of the story.)
These little guys popped up in the crack between my neighbor’s sidewalk and mine. You can click on the photos to enlarge them.
For Cee’s Daily Flower Prompt.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 