a needle prick
a spot of blood
King James’ wife’s
labor of love
Names
I did not know
the flower’s name
but she knew mine
Millinery
leopard skin
turks cap
guises of the lily
Celebration
flowering
without a flower
succulent’s celebration of self
Tied
tied to the sky
with a spider’s thread
blackberry iris blooms
Panoply
delicate down
provocative protection
Inside Pink
audacious
is the yellow heart
that beats the pulse of summer
Splendor
beauty
is divine
love
Come Closer
magenta edged
the curled petal
beckons
Humility
in relation to
not competition with
oh to be one among many
Wild Bloom
a shout of color
fades to an echo
brevity of beauty
Lupin
flower of the roman empire
conquers fields
with abundant seed
Highlight
petals catch
a ray of sun
enlightened blossom
Fuchsia Daisy
stealing the garden scene
from her same named sister
beaming centers of sunshine
Heart
depth of delicacy
intricacy of design
heart of the blossom
High Spirits
catching the sun
an exhilaration of color
profusion of petals
Pink
azalea cascades pink
into the sunlight
onto the landscape
Spiral
unfurling its scarlet edge
it is the leaf that blooms
Bleeding Heart
open and exposed
to every joy and sorrow
exquisite vulnerability
Overheard
the flowers whispered
life needn’t be solved
it just – must – be lived
Drenched
saturated in color
begonia stains the eye
coloring the rest of the world
Iridescent
blooming opals
fleeting ephemerals
grace us
Exalted
morning light
never fails
to lift us
Yellow Centered
embraced by your single leaf
opening by day, closing at night
wild early powerful medicinal
bloodroot
A Toast
drink
from the goblet of color
to beauty – fair and fleeting
Paper Whites
forced blooms
forbearers of spring
Snow Petals
winter’s white flower
held aloft by summer’s remnants
shaped by fall’s miscellany
Purple Dawn
it is the sky
that flowers
in winter
Remains
all that remains
is all that is needed
Reverence
beneath crowns of white
hydrangeas bow their heads
in reverence to winter