even sunflowers
need
some shade
Zinnia Bud
your bloom
before the bloom
foretelling of design
Burning Bright
without
tooth or claw
this tiger lily be
I Saw
the hollyhock
listening
to time fleeting
Guilelessness
all of beauty’s
every sustenance
in the simple rose
Cosmo Macro
at the center
concentration
of life and color
Into The Deep
dive into
delphinium’s
blue depths
Propellers
ready
for take off
the flower drone
Ballerina
a petaled pirouette
peony’s
full turn
Undulating Color
the garden an ocean
peony blooms as if
a sea anemone
Towering Flowers
towering
above the moss
sedum skyscrapers
For The Bees
the garden bed
a candy store
offering lavendar lollipops
Perfection Realized
to see her
cup the sunlight
in her perfect petals
Azalea Ablaze
taking
her moment
in summer’s spotlight
Borrowed View
flowering frame
a passageway
into the garden’s delights
Coleus Abstraction
flowering leaves
the dizzying combination
of chartreuse and pink
Those Two Iris
they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do
Bronze
a sculpture
grown by June
red metal
They Meet Each Spring
enduring rock
perpetual phlox
kindreds
Painted Trillium
rare beauty
she blooms mostly
for the forest’s delight
Friendly Conversation
greetings
from the tulips
as the violets wander by
In The Flowering Of Trees
the world
divine
blossom time
Nature’s Nuptial
garden wedding
in June
bridal veil blooms
And Your Heart Skips A Beat
sweet as a kiss
upon your cheek
pink tulip’s bloom
Unselfconscious
daffodil’s humility
amplifies
her magnificence
Rhapsody of Yellow and Red
primerose bloom
joy
made tangilbe
Flowering Blue Sky
a petaled
hallelujah
exalting sunny days
Exuberance
behold
the enormity
of tiny things
Into The Unknown
surrender
with complete abandon
to life’s plan
A Subtle Flourish
above
last year’s leaves
a complexity of delight
