Paper Poetry Prompt Week 12
Useful Beauty
Ekphrastic poem
All you see is the tall waving sunflower
Eye-popping yellow
Head full of seeds and color
Sunny, bright-looking great
But wait, the flower will not be there long
As a useful beauty
It blooms but one time
The birds and the bees will eat and drink
The delectable seeds will be roasted and consumed
Strong unique coffee will stain your tongue
Or do you prefer the sunflower tea?
The oil is so smooth and delicious
The roots and shoots are delightful
While being destroyed bit by bit
That bright happy face will continue to smile at you
Not showing the losses, the no new sunflowers
When torn down and taken in
The happy face does not diminish
Flour, meal, milk and paste all sunflower based
Cook the shoots, eat the greens
Until there is nothing left
Nothing left but the memory
Of the big bright and beautiful sunflower
Beautiful, bold, lovely, and gone
