Artwork and wonderful poem

The 5th/6th grade room seems to have some amazing poets. There is a variety of work on the wall. Three of them are fashioned after Wallace Stevens poem 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
I loved all of them but this one goes with the art work. The two others are in the extras.

                            7 Ways of Looking at a Sunflower
                                              By Birdie Coit
                                                        I.
A yellow sunflower stretches tall and proud reaching to the
                                             afternoon sun.

                                                        II.
Like a lion's mane in looks and color but kind and graceful in
                                                    spirit

                                                        III.
A sunflower is like a solar panel facing the sun for energy in my
                                   yard. Gaining power and beauty.

                                                         IV.
As I gaze up at the sunflower I realize that Life is only ahead of us.
    If we spend too much time dwelling on the past, we cannot see
                                        where we are going.

                                                          V.
In the pink glow of a sunset a sunflower's petals become a light
                              orange, as they bend their heads to sleep.

                                                          VI.
I remember a time when I was seven, me and my dad planted two        sunflowers in the front yard and watered them and took care of
                                             them all summer.

                                                           VII.
I watch as a butterfly lands on the sunflower pollinating it to help
more flowers grow and have the experience of blooming next
                                                      summer.

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