An individual stalk of subtle complexity
contains the sum of the field’s beauty.
Tenderness
open hearted
yellow rose
steadfast friend
Plant Planet
the earth’s stars
shine during the day
twinkling rain drop glitter
Water Iris
petals cascade
a liquid lavender blue
the bloom – a fountain
Diva
Demanding Dahlia
diva of the garden bed
as bud or bloom turning heads
Delight
Fresh shiny faces
cheerfulness personified.
Expansion
petals open
to sun and sky
peony sighs
Potential
the bud holds tight
to blossom
is still a dream
Balm
A blue so beautiful
she disperses all sorrow.
Triplets
Tamed by beauty
three wild aster
bloom as one.
Fire Engine
Geranium sounds
the summer alarm
with her red siren.
Cluster
Tiny buds
huddle together soaking up sun
gathering the power to flower.
Raincoat
Marigold glistens
in the rain
her colors intensified
Depth
Petunia’s purple is so deep
it plunges into black.
Scent
Lilacs rest
on the picket fence
perfuming the end of May.
Blues
All the colors
of the ocean and sky
reside in an iris bloom.
Anticipation
The blush
before the bloom.
esprit de corps
Her tutu a flutter
magnolia dances to the wind song
the tree an assemble en tourant, grand
Opening
The maple unfurls
her first blossoms
opening all possibilities.
Electric Blue
In color and bloom
spring sings the body electric,
glories in the glow of rebirth.
Sun Gazing
Mirror of beauty,
trumpet of spring –
narcissus oh narcissus.
Yearning
A weed’s bloom from last fall
feeds my hunger for flowers.
Winter Bloom
The cold bears gifts
the fleeting bloom
of an ice orchid.
Dried
Before the first flake falls
the dried wild flower
shares a flurry of beauty.
Mum
the garden’s secret keeper.
Sun Bleached Susan
Fall pulls the color
from Susan’s petals
Ballerina Rose
Tiny dancers
take their last curtain call
before autumn closes the show
Passageway
Summer holds on
in sunshine and blossom
but Fall is pulling at her edges.
Blackberry Lily
seed masquerades as fruit
seducing birds
a wily plant’s propagation plan.
Panta rhei
The flower has turned to pod
the warmth of the sun belies the bite in the breeze
everything flows.