joyful
shouts of color
to cheer the passersby
Quiet Deliberation
the insect
and the iris
confer upon the day
Aspirations
divine
white iris
aspires to heaven
Even With
her back turned
she cannot withhold
her beauty
Woozy Beauty
a blooming tree
the blush of pink
intoxicating beauty
Catkins
the tree
inconspicuously flowers
with kitten tail blooms
Beacon
in May’s blue sky
liberty’s torch
bears magnolia’s flame
Iris Answers to All Names
undaunted by
a still cold wind
lavender flags fly
Born
into the light
joy is born
brighter for darkness’ depth
White Bloom
flower
in the night sky
April’s full moon
Hydrangea Alighted
last year’s bloom
basking in
this spring’s sunshine
Cold Bloom
outside an arctic cold
warmed by the hot pink
of a houseplant’s bloom
Flower Found
a winter rose
pink petal bark
the birch in bloom
Synapse
signals sent
of bloom and rest and bloom
dormancy too must be received
Dichotomy
without contradiction
arrived the second bloom
interpretation upheld by the past
Best Effort
when flowering
is impossible
bloom your leaves
Assertion
night held tight
in the morning’s frost
while the bloom asserted day
The Plenty
how can I miss the flowers
when every leaf’s in bloom
fall bouquets abound on trees
The Hereafter
the bloom
after the petal bloom
twice born rose
Withstanding
despite
a freezing night
still she blooms
Constant
amidst the world’s
noise and confusion
aster blooms in profusion
Mum
the one
whose love
never tires
Shadow Bloom
backdrop of self
the play of light and shadow
a double bloom
Undaunted
abundance of blossoms
each bloom
a new hope
Memory’s Fragrance
September bloom
slight spice of fall
all the past recalled
Faithful
every bud’s opening
was a restoration
of faith
Razzle Dazzle
red zig zagged petals
rick racked in fuchsia
perfection of pinks
Madrigal
the colors
sang an aria
cantata of the garden
First
among the many
only one is
first to bloom
Roadside Arrangement
summer
decorates the byways
with charm and cheer