golden chorus of
summer school girls
in vibrant green dresses,
flowing blond tresses, giggle;
bowing in unison to their
ancient director in due
respect; warm with
anticipation of an
“ode to joy” opus.
sunflowers photo from http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.se
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 26, 2014 @ 11:14:21
Beautiful work–I love the thought of giggling sunflowers!
Mar 25, 2014 @ 20:25:32
When I think of happy things, sunflowers come to mind. And yes, they are a perfect expression of joy and praise. Lovely.
Mar 25, 2014 @ 13:41:18
Of course, I love this image of the sunflower school girls, bowing to their director, waiting to sing these words:
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
hail Thee as the sun above.
Mar 25, 2014 @ 16:37:04
YES, let all creation praise!
Mar 25, 2014 @ 05:04:42
so cool… have never looked at them like summer school girls…but what a great way to describe them…. ha…will remember this when passing by a sunflower field next time..
Mar 25, 2014 @ 16:28:05
i very much appreciate your comments, claudia 🙂
Mar 25, 2014 @ 04:41:50
Hi Lynn I like this poem … and have -re-done it into a haiku/senryu:
ode to joy
sunflowers golden and green
bow in praise
they bow in praise
to their ancient Creator
ode to joy
What do you think of this cascading haiku?
Mar 25, 2014 @ 16:25:57
Wonderful, Chèvre – fits perfectly and the repeating line unifies!
Mar 25, 2014 @ 18:27:52
Thank you Lynn … it was a challenge to ‘re-do’ your poem into haiku.