Spring Festival

On Blair Mountain,

   wildflowers bloom profusely

   in springtime.

Tall Blue Phlox bend and sway

   in the chilly breeze

   while sprightly

Dandelions frolic among them;

   thick stands of

Cattails huddle next to ponds,

   their flowering spikes reaching

   for the sun; copious

Violets creep over greening

   meadows, transforming

   them to blue velvet, and convey

   a stunning image as they vie

   with dazzling yellow

Buttercups for “Best of Show.”

               ©2014Peggy Toney Horton