surrender
with complete abandon
to life’s plan
The Color Purple
a touch
of sun and
color blooms
Pink High Notes
pink trumpets
playing
cool jazz
The Friendship Plant Abloom
spot
of brightness
in a winter day
Tail Feathers
peacock’s
plumage blooms
fans on the window
First Light
as the garden bed sleeps
first light
blooms in the sky
Last Dance
the garden offers
one last dance
of color
Essence
the center holds
so many
reverberations of self
Decay’s Bouquet
stump blooms
a wood rose
flowering of fungi
Small Packages
each bundle
of color
awaits its unwrapping
Above and Below
twice seen
revelation
of self
Beautiful Noise
boom
loud colors
of squash blossom’s bloom
Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate
at the flower’s
request
love and affection
Thistle
purple prickers
gentle to
the bees
Social Call
dropping in
to share
the garden’s news
Daisies
humble daisies
holding up the world
with steadfast cheerfulness
Reassurance
tiny blue flowers
joy enough
to dispel doubt
Visit
sit awhile
and listen to
the flowers conversation
Sweet William’s Courtship
bouquet
in a bloom
perennial suitor
All In
peony blooms
with her
whole self
Full Bloom
raindrops
on innocence
brief tender days
Finale
last ruffle
a final flourish
iris ending
Together
side by side
synchronicity
of bending blooms
Hours of the Flower
blood root’s dawn
answers to the sun’s call
blood root’s noon
All Of It
instruction of
the maple bloom
reach out for everything
Unrestrained
wild abandon
a wilderness
of colors
Beauty’s Labor
dirty petals
gathered round
protecting color
Feats of Beauty
despite
cold facts
a bloom
Merest Hint of Color
clouds whispered
their expectations
of the blooming world
Collection
in black and white
the billowing bloom
a leafing and blossom of snow