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Jewel in the Crown

7/3/2018

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Jewel in the Crown
                                                                                          
A field full of weeds
   as the summer sun burns...
The old ones recede
   and the new take their turns...

Blossoming now on the warm summer stage
Enters the King as we turn the page...

Standing tall with scepter of thorns
His purple flowers await to be born.
Filling his crown with flowers bright
​Like amethyst jewels they shine in the light.

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With his prickles sharp, no one comes near
Instilling respect and a wee bit of fear!
But the winged ones know of his royal treasures
They dig for his gold with fervor and pleasure!
For his flowers are softer to the touch
​The bees and the butterflies like them so much!

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​And when the jewels fade away from the crown
They change to brittle, dry rusty brown
But the gold finch knows of the treasures inside
Quickly she lands and knows where they hide. 
She mines all day in a cloudy white puff
Filling her beak with seeds from the fluff!

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After the seeds from the rusty old crown
The last gift remains, the gift of the down.
Silky and soft, the gentlest of all
Will line the nests of the finches so small.

The thistle king gives to his kingdom of weeds
Nectar and down and tiny brown seeds.
For butterflies, finches and sweet honey bees
To the King they bow on bended knees.

From prickles to flowers to soft silky down
I'll always remember your jewel in the crown.

written by Christine Summerfield/July 3, 2018
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10/28/2018 05:41:09 am

In all fairness, I enjoyed reading your poem. Nit because it features a light story, but because there was an emotion that I felt while reading it. I don't read poem that much. But when I try to read one, most of the time, it leaves me utmost affected. Perhaps, it's because the poem represents a certain reality that we can see in our environment right now. Hopefully, the new generation will be able to see the beauty we are seeing right now. I still believe that they deserve it.

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    ​Christine Summerfield

    Gardener, artist, writer.

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