the garden’s call of color
an invitation
to the leaves to turn
Oh Dahlia
lady in red
takes
her star turn
Wild
color
and form
undomesticated
Music’s Bloom
rhythm of orange
syncopated
by hue
In The Morning Light
the buds, the blooms
the finished ones
cosmos telling life’s story
I Saw
the hollyhock
listening
to time fleeting
Guilelessness
all of beauty’s
every sustenance
in the simple rose
First Dahlia
a dazzler adorns
the back porch
hand rail
Undulating Color
the garden an ocean
peony blooms as if
a sea anemone
Within
hidden inside
tiny delicate flowers
can’t help but bloom
Towering Flowers
towering
above the moss
sedum skyscrapers
Nature’s Time
flowering sundial
it’s gnomon
the coulds
Perfection Realized
to see her
cup the sunlight
in her perfect petals
Friendly Conversation
greetings
from the tulips
as the violets wander by
In The Flowering Of Trees
the world
divine
blossom time
And Your Heart Skips A Beat
sweet as a kiss
upon your cheek
pink tulip’s bloom
Rhapsody of Yellow and Red
primerose bloom
joy
made tangilbe
Friendly Face
the daffodil
shares her smile
offering much needed cheerfulness
Exuberance
behold
the enormity
of tiny things
Into The Unknown
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