Queen Anne’s Lace does not seem
to mind the extreme heat or even
the lack of rain one tiny bit.
She stands perfectly erect with
exquisite bearing, her pretty white
head of lace held high and proud.
One can easily see why someone
thought to call her Queen.
The Great Aunt used to cut and dry
the flowers hung by their toes in the barn
for her large showy dried flower arrangements.
Oh she showed me all about it once but I
was too impatient ever to do a thing
that required all that long time of waiting.
That is not for me though I waited
nine months apiece for my three babies
my favorite projects of all.