tiny feet will climb
the fern leaf ladder
to their tree stump castle
Fairies Ascension
Ascending
snowflakes climb the trees
each limb a rung
on the ladder back to heaven
Leprechaun’s Ladder
how else
to reach the top
of the rainbow?
Progression
a ladder of life ascending to heaven
each bloom on the gladiola stalk
rounds the cycle of life and death
Stillness Settles On
in February
only snow
ascends the hay ladder
Deep Rest
fatigued
the old ladder
bows to the ground
Tending
one must
dare the top rung
to tend the apple tree