Lawrence Hall, HSG
Where do Sunflowers go in August?
May our love for the Sun, the will of
God, be as strong as the sunflower’s…
-attributed to St. John of Tobolsk
With the mower I took the
sunflowers down
The withered remnants,
stalks and heads and seeds
Those few remaining seeds
rejected by the birds
For reasons of their own
With the mower I circled
‘round and round
Building a thickish thatch
as a sort of nest
For seeds in anticipation of
autumn
The seasons know their own
With the mower I saw high summer
gone
I mowed – or had I mown?
