in the garden
everything of importance happens
in its own time and way
Prosperity of Petals
exquisite elegance
the flowering tree
animates abundance
Just
as the tree
shades the ground
a quiet mind
cultivates the soul
Care
stone memories
held in place
by grace
Grace
the world
leafs out and blossoms
answering all lingering
winter prayers
Ephemeral May
tiny pink bud
trumpets spring
in blue
Morning Song
robin
in the garden bed
fundamental joy
Be Thy Name
scarlet lipped goddess
her name be trillium
Understood
joy
jumps up
purple profundity
The Caress of Blossom
closed buds pucker
petals preparing for
their showering of kisses
Conversion
raindrops on snowdrops
and so the seasons change
Mossy Logs and Pollywogs
the verdant pond
green soup of life
Love Charm
crimson roots give rise
to the pristine white
purity of petals
Mother Earth and Child
misty morn
in the valley of the lily
statuary sanctuary
Sun Flower
forsythia’s petal rays
in sunburst bloom
warm the landscape
Reminiscence
moonlight magnolia
her fragrance
a memory of heaven
Space and Time
pines bookend time
their reflections
a parallel universe’s tomorrow
Worthy Weed
disparage not the dandelion
who blooms in hope with wishes
Room To Grow
every leaf bud revels
in the space
reserved for their expansion
Magnolioideae
before the existence of bees
the magnificence of magnolias
relied on the kindness of beetles
Alike
the leaf’s
life story is told
in age spots and veins
Civilization
next to the stones
placed by the ice age
hand planted daffodils
It Is Written
the small
writ large
blessing of spring
Wave of Blue
beneath barbed wire
spring infiltrates
the woods
Where Elements Rest
the May breeze
takes its holiday
at the marsh
Unveiled
all of the intricacies
of the universe
unfold in the maple blossom
Traces
red buds
spring’s fingerprints
on the white woods
Dirty Knees
mud season
mother earth’s
warm fertile embrace
The Life of Healing
near the heart
remains evidence
of a dark jagged year
that had to be grown around
Alighted
beam of sun
alights the treetops
infusing buds with life