bark, branch and leaf
pay their debt to the earth
with themselves
Elemental
water, leaf and shadow
elemental mosaic
of mud season
Strength
spring’s
green shoulders
holding up the sky
Many Ways of Faith
druid’s lent
the purple leaf
a passion to believe
Leaf and Twig
both separated
from the tree
yet still entwined
Assurance
with just
a little warmth
life springs forth
Portrayal
designed by time
colors and lines
fallen fall
Repose
beauty
in the ending
life wholly given
Shadow Bloom
backdrop of self
the play of light and shadow
a double bloom
Growing Droplets
diminutive ones
ride the curve
to coalescence
Be The Way
blue hosta leaf
lines leading to the start
of the universe
Another Frontier
new galaxy
found on the ground
lily pad houses black holes
Assured
pretty is
as pretty does
believes the flowering leaf
Beseeching
bloodroot’s leaf
clasped in prayer
beseeching blooms
Entrance
not broken by the places
the world has worn through
new entrances for grace
Edges
in the places
where we meet
we find who we are
Wind
fast moving sky
the world rushes by
a leaf holds tight to home
Scripture
holy writ
the leaf stem
records woodland days
Relativity
in the velocity of observation
it is the small that gives
grandeur to the larger
Suggestion
wild geranium
suggests to the trees
the new season of colors has begun
Tie Dye
ancient art
magenta and chartreuse
on a fabric of life
Life Blood
wet from rain
chard veins
pulse with life
A Thought That Knew, A Look That Saw
like the thought
that changes perception and reality
a ray of light
illuminates the leaf’s simple complexities
Alike
the leaf’s
life story is told
in age spots and veins
Largess
the long shadow
of a small leaf
such is the way
of kindness
New Horizons
winter caresses
the line of the limb
the reach of the branch
every new horizon
Ephemeral Beauty
snowflakes cleave
to the ephemeral beauty
of the leaf’s disintegration
Dance Again
early winter thaw
snow releasing its embrace
soon the freed the oak leaf
can dance with the wind
once again
Within
the single leaf
contains all of fall’s
colors and transitions
Beauty’s Work
pink veined
form follows function
in the leaf’s architecture