be with
a dahlia bathed in sunlight
and feel your spirit rise
A Cure
Pause
while in admiration
everything else retreats
and the now is peacefulness beautified
Second Blooms And More
giving again and again
yarrow’s generosity
April through October
Come And Go
meadows of milkweed for monarchs
we scan for yellow black stripes
and then the chandeliers of chrysalis
until the triumph of your red-orange winged flight
Orchestra Of Colors
lily’s song of joy
resounding in the misty morn
pink overture to a summer’s day
Willing
in the garden I begin to learn
how to let difficulties pass
like shadows across a petals
Sun Catcher Dream Catcher
dahlia’s petaled hoop
filtering light from dark
dreams from daymares
Progression
a ladder of life ascending to heaven
each bloom on the gladiola stalk
rounds the cycle of life and death
Sundial
a shadow falls
across the face
of time
Nearer To Thee
the closer I look
the more my view expands
and resonates with memories
Monkshood
at the meadow monastery
frugal simplicity reveals
extravagant complexities
Amongst
all the same
while each one difference
such is universality
The Romantics
they meet each dawn
in the flowering meadow
just to gaze into each other’s eyes
All Sorts And Conditions
newness and perfection
are short lived
life takes
and the flowers give
A Song Of Summer
shadow and light
perform a dappled dance
stepping to August’s tune
World Within A World
the garden
abstracted by rain
a new understanding of interconnectedness
Evolution Of A Bloom
opened and yet closed
the very center
still to reveal all its complexities
In The Flowering Meadow
in tandem
the soft caress of blossoms
the hum of insects busy
doing the work of the world
Brown Eyed Butterfly
at the center of the day
one moment
perfectly balanced
What Friends Do
the lily
happy to be
susan’s umbrella
Simplicity
unencumbered
by pretension
pure perfection
Dawning Rose
she opens
lightening and brightening
expanding into the whole of the day
A Heart Can Hold Everything
shadow bird
perched inside
the lily’s heart
Location, Location, Location
birds too admire
a dooryard full
of flowers
An Insects Fair
cotton candy bee balm
one of many of
the outside’s delights
Welcome
on the potted porch
a hospitality of flowers perched
the door to beauty flung wide
Still Serving The Birds
the tree-spa stump
now host to
bath and beverage
Basking
washed with heat
colors cleaned
spirit revived
Explorers Dare Encounter
petal-jawed garden dragons
who feast on rain
and daydreams
Grace
the peony
bowed by the rains
dignity exemplified