from the edge
of the pink woods
step into wonderland
Warm Memory To Store For Winter
a Saturday landscape
the playful breeze
and laughing leaves
The landscape Readies
orange leaf bunting
face making squash and gourds
magic and mischief afoot
Sweetness
maple lace
almost sweeter
than syrup
The Expansion of Color
white birch
reflecting
fall’s gloriousness
Miles of Moonlight
autumn leaves
illuminated by
the milky way
Departure
on red leaf wings
summer days
fly away
The Trees Abstracted
water offers
a reflective reminder
of life’s fragile fluidity
Presage of the Leaves
geranium begins
fall’s colors
creeping in
Serrated Shade
saw toothed
shadow
carving granite
To Reach and Hold
called by name
endearment
for beloveds
Kaleidoscope
ever changing
light through leaves
beauty’s infinity
Thee of Tree
all the ways
of being
residing together
Rose Bramble
delicate beauties
defended
by a century’s thorns
Before the Unfurling
petals held
tight in a fist
gathering the courage to open
Practice
mediation
on lavender and grey
fern’s delicate display
Deific
and the light
from high, so holy
graced every thing
After The Dance
the skirt ruffle lost
evidence of
fairies’ spring fling
Stegosaurus
green dinosaur
rises from the ancient earth
defying extinction
April’s Gait
out of the damp
into spring’s light
coltsfoot canters
Start
tiny specks of green
cultivating all of spring
profundity of small sensibilities
The Wind Winds Down
peeking out
the storm’s force and fury
remains in the tilted horizon
Gold Leaf
temporary thaw reveals
winter’s gilding
of last year’s oak
Haven
shelter in the rhododendron
waiting out winter
alongside flower buds
Hearing Hallelujah
crowded so tight
they seem almost one
every dot a note in the visual song
Reprieve
drinking in
the blue blue sky
brief banishment of grey
Best Effort
when flowering
is impossible
bloom your leaves
Carmine
stiletto petals
seamed like silk
timeless fashion vixen
Snow Bird
on oak
leafed wings
snow bird flew
Rainy Day Music
rain plays
on tin roofs
symphony for birds