Lemon Drops

 

An American Goldfinch

dropped out of God's blue sky

to visit my garden of annuals.

He landed on an arching stem

of Cosmos, and rode it 

until it stilled.

Then, balanced there,

like a little lemon drop

with a snazzy black vest;

he pecked and picked ripening seeds

with his pointy orange beak;

each time tipping his jaunty  black cap,

grateful for each fragment

from this little garden,

then back to the blue sky and gone.

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. 2. & 3. Home Garden - Cannonsburg, Michigan