Among My Favorite Flowers

Hollyhocks are among my favorite flowers.
I am watching each season as those green towers
ascend towards the vividly blue summer sky.
Slender stalks with green spikes climb quite high.
The broad, rounded leaves capture the sun’s daytime rays.
From the spikes, bright flowers protrude in a few days.
The plant’s children emerge that are ephemeral.
Red, purple, or white, they are very colorful.
If you see nothing the first year, there’s a reason.
The flowers don’t appear until the next season.
When the flowers are in bloom every warm July,
garden beauty abounds that no one can deny.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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January 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM
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