Under the Shaded Maple Tree

Concrete Noun Poem

Photo by Nong V on Unsplash

Under the shaded maple tree

I stared out at the field

of fuchsia flowers,

as the sweet scent

of my vanilla candle swarmed me

in the summer heat,

before I finally looked down

at my non-fiction book in my lap.

(Drafted September 13, 2018)