Gold
By Beverly Boyd

Suddenly rich
in forsythia
in my drab back yard,
I own the world’s wealth.

Outside my windows
fabulous gold
more yellow than bullion
gleams in the sun.

I have a million and more
today and next year
when forsythia blooms
in a glory of gold.

Bevery Boyd lives in Lawrence. Poet’s Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail with a subject line of Poet’s Showcase to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten (not handwritten) submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet’s Showcase.