On just my single stem, <br />O’er the others I shall tower. <br />My face turned toward the sun <br />For my namesake is SUNflower. <br /> <br />From just a single seed, <br />I’ll grow much taller than thee. <br />Where birds and butterflies <br />Find delight in sharing me! <br /> <br />(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.)<br /><br />Janet K. Rauch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flower-power-ode-to-a-sunflower/
