Benevolent Beauty
Spring is coming, chasing the snow and ice.
My favorite plant thrives in heat, well-known.
Her blossoms, a symbol of sacrifice
for the winter's harshness, she will atone.
Sturdy perennial, roots grow and spread;
she turns her face to the sun when full blown.
Extra fine feature of each prime flow'r head
is infinite, edible seeds, homegrown .
The Dutchman, Vincent Van Gogh entertained
to paint many sunflow'rs oft overblown.
Less known facts, national bloom of Ukraine,
Kansas' state blossom , a smell all her own.
Sunflow'r, a symbol of sacrifice shown
I save some of her seeds to be resown.
written July 4, 2018
contest: Your Best Sonnet 2018, John Hamilton
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