Knighted by Queen Anne
Goldenrod is a nobleman
loyal guardian of Her Majesty’s meadow.
Dear John Deer
In August, with your metal seat as hot as a branding iron,
you rumble across the fields, chewing rocks and cutting grass.
True champion of summer.
Yard Art
At the charming roadside stand wait
garden embellishments for tourists.
Paper weights for memories.
Jersey Girl
Docile and dainty,
your genial disposition
makes you the queen of the dairy.
Bloom
What’s your story Morning Glory?
Trumpeting delight in each new day.
Pine Needle Path
It beckons you to venture
noiselessly
into the heart of mystery.
River’s Edge
The bank is soft as an easy chair.
The water a cool embrace.
The sky is as blue as a robin’s egg.
Perfect summer day.
Cosmic Orange Cosmo
Hostess to the bee,
you make his fuzzy jacket pale in comparison
to your explosion of color.
Bent
A tree of great courage
refused to be broken
and dared to reach for the sky.
Steel Goat
Glimmering in the sun.
Bewildering birds.
Hungering for fenders.