an opera
of orange
sung by nasturtium
Satellite
circling
late summer
transmitting beauty
Thistle
purple prickers
gentle to
the bees
Dizzy
spinning on
a merry go round
of colors
Social Call
dropping in
to share
the garden’s news
Embellishment
lavender grace notes
in the pink delphinium’s
flowering symphony
Sweet Goodbye
final visit
to the last
of the lilacs
Chiaroscuro
hollyhock
by Caravaggio
art al fresco
Contemplating the Flowers
shooed from the garden bed
the porch as
observation perch
Niceties
all
the fine details
completing perfection
Sweet William’s Courtship
bouquet
in a bloom
perennial suitor
Here
the place
to be alive
now
Offerings
the peony
blooms
for Buddha
Safekeeping
the garden’s
hatcheck
foxglove at the fence
All In
peony blooms
with her
whole self
High in the Blue Sky
petaled turret
pink watchtower
beauty’s sentinel observes
Portrait of Summer
eternal rock
seasonal bloom
a passing butterfly
Full Bloom
raindrops
on innocence
brief tender days
Finale
last ruffle
a final flourish
iris ending
The Cosmos of Poppies
our Mars
orbiting
the garden bed
Together
side by side
synchronicity
of bending blooms
Rendezvous
perfect beginnings
the early morning
with my sweethearts
Bright Spot
early and delicate
light rises
from the dark ground
Hours of the Flower
blood root’s dawn
answers to the sun’s call
blood root’s noon
Unrestrained
wild abandon
a wilderness
of colors
Feats of Beauty
despite
cold facts
a bloom
Inchoate
held tight
inside the bud
color gathers force
Deceptive Delicacy
blooming through
the ferocious winter
beauty’s tenacity
Enchantment
curving petal
the flower’s wink
magic in everything
Deliciousness
hot chocolate
on a cool morning
scented dahlia