Ontario Summer Highway

Ontario highways in the
heat and glare of the summer sun,
set fire the medians, with the
blaze of purple loosestrife, the
fragrance of roadside meadows
with the dangling pink floral
clusters of milkweed, the
white petals of daisies,
lacy-white conceit of
Queen Anne's lace,
perky-pink of lupins,
sinister threat of red baneberries,
the purple presence of viper's bugloss,
radiant yellow of buttercups
returning the reflected
courtesy of the sun.
Hawkmoths and butterflies,
leaf hoppers and craneflies
converge on the offerings.
Above, a flight of ducks,
cresting a gentle wind.