Illinois Verse/The Rock Garden—Summer
The Rock Garden—Summer
Out of the blaze of the sun into a flood of color.Waves of red, purple and yellow breakOn either side in which your vision swimsDelightedly!Gorgeous pinnacles of bright pink and pure white floxRise from banks of green.,And the gaze clings lingeringly to their lovely refuge.
Canterbury bells chime your beauty on the vibrant airAcross that white pool of rippling daisies.Lilies, sway and dip your sweetnessIn the many hued stream.You defiant tiger-blossoms on the rocky ledge,How fiercely you stare up into the sun,Sucking its heat.The golden glow of coreopsis sheds its beamsUpon all the palpitating, merging tones and shades While beside a tiny rill, Delicate and cool, Forgetmenots spill Their baby blue.