Goldenrods: A Sonnet

The yellow flowers, sunny as the summer day
A bendy stalk, whorled with leaves ascending
A buzzy friend, pollen to its legs appending
Could any sweeter view before me lay?
The many petals, set in the form of a ray
And bud after bud, and buds unending
A brilliance to the field ever lending
What plant is this? Please tell me, please do say.

Egg-yolk yellow, fuzzy summer flowers
Moths and birds, those rabbits, too, living in the leaves
It thrives in barren sod
This plant, many insects does empower
This autumn beauty, once truly known, deep love breeds
It’s lovely goldenrod.