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
Unaccompanied
even in the solitude
every gesture mattered
conversation with self
Sewn
the spider’s thread
with tensile strength of steel
stitches dawn to day
Iris Interior
inside
the bloom
symmetry and silence
Everything
the garden holds
life and death with
Buddha at the center
Purple Iris Solo
in the stillness
every line and curved
danced
Celebration of Ordinary Days
long stalked blooms
dance in the breeze
garden party
Immersion
within
the depths
of bloom
Evanescent
ebullience reigns
in the hours
of the iris
Adaptation
the light
is found
by seeking
Opulence of Iris
purple iridescence
pours down
the petal
Care
stone memories
held in place
by grace
Morning Song
robin
in the garden bed
fundamental joy
Asylum of Iris
exposed by spring
hidey-hole the burrow’s door
awaits the asylum of iris
Blue
winter paints
the blue light portrait
of birch with iris
Sweet Slumber
the iris have been sent to bed
beneath a blanket of maple red
Insomnia
before the toad
is ready to retire
the garden is put to bed
Shroud
iris is cloaked
in the spider’s shroud
to be seen again
on their spring resurrection
Heart
depth of delicacy
intricacy of design
heart of the blossom
Petticoat
iris is where
the fairies shop
for ruffled petticoats
Duet
an alto and soprano
in lavender and purple
sing of summer
Iris
iris the indomitable
sprouts beneath the snow
Beauty’s Light
Leaves bask in the glow
of the iris’s beauty.
Art Nouveau
Inspired iris
with her whiplash curves
and intensity of color
mother of an art movement.
Plant Planet
the earth’s stars
shine during the day
twinkling rain drop glitter
Water Iris
petals cascade
a liquid lavender blue
the bloom – a fountain
Blues
All the colors
of the ocean and sky
reside in an iris bloom.
Iris in Ice
Winter persists
trying spring’s patience.