SUMMER FLORAL
1st line from Thomas James’ Letters to a Stranger S2,L1
the field is banked with purple asters
this buttercup held beneath your chin
you pick daisies to make a bracelet
lilacs waft their scent across the lawn
dandelions cluster beside the sidewalk
the vintner pulls petals by the score
have you picked fresh sage and thyme?
bees carouse through the hawthorn hedge
a wren has her nest near massed violets
does pollen cling to your eyelashes?
WEDDING
white trails down the winter driveway
falling like a bride full of flowers
tendrils of roses caught in faint tulle
these petals rest so lightly on her lips
watch daisies bend in a green sky
the toss of ice-cream cones on the step
a wish of starched shirts open to sunlight
lilac cummerbunds fold against fold
brocade embroidered with pearl seeds
one last promise signed onto parchment
by Joanna M. Weston
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