May Day May Day | Episode 13

Write an Ode to Your Favorite Flower

How am I supposed to choose a favorite?

The very last rosebud of the season stretches beyond my bedroom window with the promise of next year. All images are by the author.

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There’s so much beauty, but it comes and goes,
it’s not as simple as a rose.

If I said it was a Shasta daisy,
would you think that I am crazy?

Now look! I think it’s the yellow Yarrow.
Who knows how I’ll feel tomorrow?

On the east side colorful hollyhocks,
rear corner’s filled with native phlox.