before the unfolding
the gathering of potential
and all possibilities
Everything
the garden holds
life and death with
Buddha at the center
Purple Iris Solo
in the stillness
every line and curved
danced
“Set me a seal upon thy heart”
beauty seals
the ragged cracks
mending the broken heart
Awash in Colors
orange waves break
on the garden’s shore
the azalea is in bloom
Intensity
the sun
so bright
colors catch fire
The Gardener
his work
is his vocation
the duty of pollination
Beauty Bunch
the smiling eyes
of daffodils
early girls of spring
Hedonist
a decadence
of earthly pleasures
oh the primrose path
Assured
pretty is
as pretty does
believes the flowering leaf
Delicious
at spring’s visual feast
hyacinth offers
succulent colors to savor
Garden Teachings
an instruction of
peaceful coexistence
tulips befriend the dandelions
The Power Of Love
tender hearts
reach to warm
the cold, hard granite
Remembered
forget me not
the gentlest reminder of
the enormity of tiny pleasures
Coup
every bloom
a triumph
of joy
Admiration
slowly goes the snail
admiring everything
knowing flowers will wait
to be seen
Color Sounds
a happy shout
of petal sunshine
the blooms of May begin
April Snow
night’s white blanket
tucked in all the green
the garden bed is cozy cold
Eager to Work
stalled by a cold snap
the red rake
by the arbor waits
Wholeness
purpose and place
is located
in relationship
How
color was how
the world
sprang to life
Faith Confirmed
the promise
always kept
spring’s return
First One Up
dear Johnny
the last to bed
the first to rise
Residency
on the north side
winter still resides
Another Step
space travel
the moon lands
in the door yard
March Morning
the pink of dawn
spilled onto
the frozen lawn
Buddha’s Back
in the present
facing the future
honoring the past
Needed
lantern in snow
a wink of light
feeds hope
Practice
the bench alone
in cold contemplation
deliberation of spring
Dance
in the slow snow
the garden waltzed
with winter