The Poem ‘Meadow Surprises’ is written by Lois Brandt Philips. She is a.wealthy ranch owner who has taken up writing and painting wildlife. In this poem the poet tells us that Meadows have surprises. These surprises can be found if one has a keen eye and a sharp ear to observe them. We should walk softly through the velvet grass of the Meadows and listen to the brook (small stream).
We can also see a beautiful butterfly. Which will come and rest upon a buttercup flower and unfold it coiled ‘drinking straws’ to sip the nectar up. The poet refers to the butterflies tube like mouth as ‘drinking straws’.
As we walk along the Meadows we may scare a rabbit who is sitting very still to hide from predators. We can know the we have scared a rabbit only when it hops away fast.
As we walk along the Meadows we can blow on a dried fuzzy dandelion flower and watch its petals flutter like airy parachutes all over the Meadow Not only people have built houses on the Meadows. Many animals arid birds have also taken shelter there. We can explore burrows of rabbits or otters we can see birds, nest’s underneath the fall grasses, and also the anthills which are an amazing piece of architecture.
