Do you think flowers mourn their friends as petals wilt and flutter to the ground?

The 49 poems in this collection stem from such musings. Ole Al's rose bush, climbing gracefully toward the sky for over 25 years, invites us to mull over what we'll leave behind when we're gone. And daylilies, blooming like little orange firework bursts, hold idyllic remembrances of childhood.

Perhaps you'll find beauty in a delphinium's deadly embrace. Perhaps you'll gravitate to the sun, no matter where you are. Or perhaps you'll find yourself in these pages, amidst the morning dew and the early summer breeze.