My butterfly garden is a wild world of sunflowers and passion vine intertwining with mandevilla and a bottle tree. I would be inclined to trim it all, but it’s interminably hot in August and the butterflies and hummingbirds love it. I am hopeful I’ll see Gulf fritillary caterpillars climbing around soon.
Today, I am offering the elfchen form. This form contains 11 words in 5 lines. (First line: 1 word, second line: 2 words, third line: 3 words, fourth line: 4 words, and fifth line: 1 word.) More about the form can be found on my post for Ethical ELA.
Sunflowers
wiggle, wobble
late summer breeze
yellow as yellow is
uplifting
Margaret Simon, draft
I will not be able to comment today as I am traveling. There will not be a Photo post next week. Please write a poem in the comments and support other writers with encouragement.
Reflections on the Teche 
Love the “wiggle, wobble” of those sunflowers, Margaret! I hope you find the caterpillars. My monarchs finally showed up!
flowers
igniting, inviting
humming garden visitors
nectar sweet as honey
summering
Wonderful word choices, I-sounds and humming for honey.
Rose, I love “igniting, inviting” in your elfchen. Igniting makes me think of red and orange flowers. I was looking forward to how tall my cardinal flower plant would grow this summer, but the deer gave it a trim. I love your third line “humming garden visitors,” too. It brings a beautiful image of the bees and hummingbirds flying to flowers making those “humming sounds. that I adore. I agree with Margaret on your good word choices. The rhyme in igniting and inviting. How the bright flowers are “inviting” visitors. The short u sounds in humming, honey, and summering. Thank you for your inspiration.
Margaret, thank you posting a beautiful photo of your garden! I looked up passion vine because I forgot what it looked like. Wow, that’s an amazing flower. Are the red flowers in the background of your photo mandevilla? The hummingbirds must love that. I definitely had to look up a bottle tree. That’s a nice tradition, which I have never seen before.
I also love your second line “wiggle, wobble” in your elfchen and how that line flows into your third line “late summer breeze.” Uplifting is a perfect ending. I gave an elfchen a try, but I still need to work more on this form. The third line of an elfchen always confuses me.
sunflowers
grow, sway
in a field
give sustenance to many
joy
Gail Aldous, draft
Thank you for your inspiration. Enjoy your trip.
PS I wrote a second elfchen, too.
Great s sounds in your poem. The red flower in the background I believe is sage. Thanks for writing.
Thank you, Margaret.
I agree that sunflowers are joy. Nicely done!
Thank you, Rose.