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
Armament
a lace of thorns
such fierce protection
the wild rose grows
Structure of Spirit
with all of youth departed
the essence laid bare
great beauty remains
La Luna
the night
left behind
half of the moon
Declaration
every edge
announced itself
declaring place in space
Beauty Berry
as the landscape mutes
and colors recede
one last glory
Portent
putting the garden to bed
a startling glimpse of spring
the foreshadowing anemone
Tropical Darling
how is it
you bloom in October
in zone 4b?
Flickering
fairy candle
lights the way
into autumn’s darkening days
Speaking in Colors
conversing
with the maple
autumn confidences
Unfolding
news beauty unfolds
as time and growth
reveals and renews