August Arrival

Swiftly the swallowtail alighted

on a green elephant ear

Surprise has entered my world

Has it been too hot to fly?

Has it wrapped itself

in a comfortable cool cocoon?

Another lepidoptera – the monarch, flits by the purple butterfly bush

Attracted to a hardy red hibiscus

Then admiring the

rose-colored crape myrtle

Yet the wrens have already

departed for southern climes

Sweet surprise, this August arrival!

D.J. Hausman-Hill

Lititz