a feast
is set
for feathered friends
Fruit And Nuts
Winter Outerwear
the forest
wears a brocade cape
of leaves and fruit and vines
Wild Strawberries
sugared
with frost
before the berries
Winter Orchard
holding space
for
flower and fruit
The Forest’s Table
woodlands
set a banquet
for birds
Ever On
missing limb
the healing tree
still fruits
Wild Apples
untamed
they grew
particularized
The Orchard’s Loom
a tapestry
the apple tree
hung upon the sky
Longing
the fruit
of last year’s blossoms
hold a torch for spring
Recipient
everything
that was needed
was given in abundant grace
The Taste Of Color
plum purple
maple leaf
autumn’s fruit
Them Apples
gathering sweetness
rounding with time
growing into themselves
Apple Majesty
with a crown
of ruby fruit
the queen presides
Orchard
in the shelter of others
buds blossom and fruit
Procreation
Five petals await
a most esteemed visitor –
the bee, prince of pollination.
Indigos
Before the first leaf buds
blueberry’s red shoots
contemplate fruit.
Blackberry Lily
seed masquerades as fruit
seducing birds
a wily plant’s propagation plan.
Bequest
First bud begets the bloom
than flower brings the fruit.
Blackberry Lilly
Your seed dazzle like ripened fruit
but your delicious bounty will be blossoms.
A feast for the eyes come spring.