the southernly porch
fills with winter sun
and desert blooms
The Christmas Cactus’ February Gift
I ride
a raft of color
in winter’s sea of grey
Defiance
vixen
in the window
refuses winter’s grey
Portent
putting the garden to bed
a startling glimpse of spring
the foreshadowing anemone
Tropical Darling
how is it
you bloom in October
in zone 4b?
Flickering
fairy candle
lights the way
into autumn’s darkening days
Speaking in Colors
conversing
with the maple
autumn confidences
Blaze
basking in
the autumn sun
colorful blaze of dahlia days
Marshside
cattails and Queen Anne
keep watch over
summer’s fading days
Wedded
stonecrop on rock
the marriage of time
eternal and fleeting
Twins
double bloom
two white moons
light in light
See Sedum
shaboom
she blooms
succinct and succulent
Within
the light
from within
is beauty eternal
Autumn’s Palate
September’s beauty burns
in red and orange and brown
The Glory of Rain
blue umbrella
opens out
to cradle the rain
Poppy Tops
thrice she gives…
this flower after the bloom
and then her rain of seed
Clematis, Her Majesty
queen of the flowering vines
reigns in robes of royal purple
Garden Lesson
the graceful arch
of tiny flowering stars
lose strife loosestrife reminds
Apprecaited
beauty lies
in the fine lines
and twinkling of crinkles
Petal Pirouettes
responding to the breeze
and breath of bees and butterflies
an endless dance
Expansion of Consciousness
a psychedelic trip
to the center of the coneflower
where everything is groovy
Beauty’s Comfort
when nothing is predictable
the beauty of a bloom
can be relied upon
Each Flower An Offering
every petal
a spectacle
and petition of beauty
Hester’s Pride
amaryllis, amaryllis
scarlet maiden
stakes her claim
Centered
sigh of contentment
pink blushed bloom
the center of this moment
Brown Eyed
raindrops
on her sunny face
Susan sees all
Complete
nothing more was needed
a gathering of self
the bouquet of a single bloom
Teachers
the wildflowers’ lesson
bloom with abandon
Tranquility
in the stillness
the beauty of everything
was amplified
Shout of Color
unexpected
burst of joy
zinnia in orange