and petaled forms
a nobility of beauty
Waterfall Iris
over the garden
into the air
The Curvature Of Color
shifted and changed
as they traversed the iris’s curves
Place
my soul
resides
Adorned
upon Buddha
a headdress of iris
Lavender Blue
the garden’s
altarpiece
In This Liminal Time
with the flowers
sweet dreams linger
Legacy
a wake
of beauty and calm
Between The Tulips And The Iris
tiny explosion
a potency
of blue
Directions Home
at the fence end
the birdhouse’s front yard
a round of iris pods
The Same And Different
claiming self
notwithstanding
similarity
Madonna
mother
in granite
nature her child
Everything Rises
as morning sidles
to the edge of the garden
the gingko bows to the day
Skipper
stay close
there are dangers
in the delicious garden
Those Two Iris
they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do
Joyous Cacophony
bleeding hearts
tambourine the wind
allium and iris
sing solo notes
Jumping Up
exaltation
of summer’s
many tiny joys
Bronze
a sculpture
grown by June
red metal
Singular Kindness
blazing sun
but shade
for Buddha
Offerings
the peony
blooms
for Buddha
Sitting
buddha of
the three doors
the past, the future, the present
Full Bloom
raindrops
on innocence
brief tender days
Finale
last ruffle
a final flourish
iris ending
Classical Bloom
pillars
of spring
the white iris
Iris Wreath
a circle of life
dormancy
gives rise to rebirth
Quiet Deliberation
the insect
and the iris
confer upon the day
Aspirations
divine
white iris
aspires to heaven
All Is Now
when the garden blooms
memories of winter
are exiled
Present
iris bow
sun shines
season’s first offering
Iris Answers to All Names
undaunted by
a still cold wind
lavender flags fly
