Welcome to Poetry Friday, this week hosted by Rose HERE. Thank you, Rose for hosting.
This week I received a few art treasures in the mail from Jone MacCulloch. It is part of a summer swap organized by Tabatha Yeatts. Thank you Tabatha!
Jone Macculloch is a multitalented artist and poet. I received the notecard, seen at the top of the above photo, with the following haiku inside:
flutter flags
raven merriment
summer days
© Jone MacCulloch
On her watercolor painting of coneflowers were two more haiku:
coneflowers
pollinators buzz,
dart carefree
© Jone MacCulloch
summer phlox
dances in the garden with
pink echinacea
© Jone MacCulloch
More of Jone’s coneflowers and poetry
coneflowers
pollinators buzz,
dart carefree
summer phlox
dances in the garden with
pink echinacea
© jone rush macculloch 2024
Jone’s gift delighted me. It just so happens that here in upstate New York, today two of my last cornflowers were screaming for attention in my small garden.
So here’s a poem for Jone:
LATE AUGUST BLOOMS
(In response to Jone Macculloch's coneflowers)
The last coneflowers,
like snare drums
at the end of a parade,
remind me that it's not
the end of summer,
no, not so fast,
not until
their rat-tat-tat
has passed.
© Janice Scully 2024
Thank you Rose for hosting! Have a great weekend.