Straggly borders and faded flowers
Drawn through with tangled weeds
Like lampposts sunflowers
Lean to wind and rain
Zinnia spikes a sharp vermilion hue
Fighting with soft pink of hollyhock juxtaposed
Yellow rudbeckia - too sharp
Note made
Straw coloured calendula floats
amidst a
Hazy mist of cosmos
Heights and stature change
Grasses shower seed
A profusion of tall perennials
The final flourish
Ending the firework display.
Ruth Partridge 