Flower Power (Ode To A Sunflower) Poem by Janet K. Rauch

On just my single stem,
O’er the others I shall tower.
My face turned toward the sun
For my namesake is SUNflower.

From just a single seed,
I’ll grow much taller than thee.
Where birds and butterflies
Find delight in sharing me!

(Written for Sherry, a wonderful friend who grows more precious to me every day. This poem was rooted in a photo collage of sunflowers, and was fast becoming the inspirational theme for Sherry’s kitchen makeover. It eventually found its place - framed for hanging - on her Sunflower Yellow kitchen wall.)