Goldfinch Good Bye

A flock of goldfinch
feasting
in the blown broom sage
gone to seed
like blooming sunflowers
on a gray day.

    This is a wonderful time of year as birds, plants and people get ready for the winter.  What things do you do to get ready for the cold?  Can you write a poem about that today?  (If you live in the Southern Hemisphere you're getting ready for warm summer weather and will have a very different poem.) No matter what you write today, have fun.

Writing is an adventure to take us in many directions.

SUNFLOWERS

Fields upon fields
of sunflowers bright.
Rows upon rows
of yellow light.
Stretching
toward the bright sun,
Vincent Van Gogh's delight.


      What is your favorite kind of flower?  Can you write a poem about that today.  How do you think you'd feel if you were a bee and came upon a whole field of sunflowers?  Have fun writing.

The Poetry Friday Roundup is being hosted by Betsy at http://ithinkinpoems.blogspot.it/2013/08/poetry-friday-is-here.html today Thanks, Betsy for a great party!

SUNFLOWERS

One yellow sunflower
covered with dew,
count every petal,
see there are two.

Two brown faces
dancing in the breeze
covered in yellow crowns
see there are three.

Three happy sunflowers
grow in rains that pour
with rough green leaves
see there are four.

Four sunny sunflowers
bees come from the hive
to dance upon them,
can you count the five?

All the pretty sunflowers
growing in the sun
such happy faces,
oh, what fun.

     What is your favorite flower?  Can you write a poem about flowers today?  Have fun writing.