Southwestern Prickly Poppy — Images by kenne
PRICKLY POPPY HIGHWAY
On a hot scenic highway
In Arizona’s wine countryside
We talk with little to say
Just a relaxing Saturday ride.
Rain is long overdue
In the mile-high rolling grassland
Soon we will stop for a brew
Under a slow turning saloon fan.
Spring flowers now long gone
Still, one blooms along roadsides
Knowing how to hold on
Becoming our desert road guide.
Wrinkled crêpe paper petals
Leaves covered with sharp spines
This prickly poppy can be a devil
Of herbal medicine in this land of wine.
— kenne
