The Rising Sun:

 
The cool dayspring hails
in hues of eggplant and blue 
The grassy knolls hum
with insects, chatter with birds
The dog days of Summer wait
 
The hawk’s eye is trained
on the rabbits and squirrels 
eating seeds and beans
Rain puddles in small divots,
where bulbs were buried with ease
 
The clickety-clack 
of the woodpecker echoes 
over green acres
Below crickets cease to chirp
waiting for the dusk again
 
©️Winter Dawn Burns