December’s magic carpet
which normally is snow
this year the moss does grow
What Begins At The End
a decomposing stump
the palette
for green construction
Tour De Force
every molecule conspired
rendering the common rock
into a masterpiece
Wedded
stonecrop on rock
the marriage of time
eternal and fleeting
Maewyn Succat
in lieu
of four leaf clover
make do
with lichen and ice
Only
sunlight and shadows
traverse
the pristine field
Bang
the frozen rock
a crack
the world is born
Held
lichen blooms
on the granite post
barbed wire holds
the cold
Lichen and Ice
a slow walk
yields
a bounty of beauty
Winter Resident
where once the granite steps stood
a stone and lichen alligator now resides
Rock Roses
when the leaves fall
the rock blooms roses
Twig with Lichen
magnificence
masquerading as
the mundane
Between
It is in the space
where there is nothing
that everything resides.
Lichen Sky
In the absence of leaves
the branch wears lichen.
Spring will not be surrendered.
Galapagos Garden
Lichen archipelago
on an ocean of granite.
A Rose Is A Rose
Tree bark grows
a lichen rose.
Winter Clings
to the sides of things
until April dissolves her hold.
Time Keeper
The ledge measures time
by lichen, moss and shadow.
Return
The birch lies with lichen and leaves
only to rise again in the next season
as hope eternal, the spring ephemerals.
Rock Blossom
Granite grows a rose
with lichen petals and lichen leaves.
Beloved
September’s astonishing blue sky is for you.
Delicate lichen blossoms on stone are for you.
All of nature’s beauty awaits you.
Shamrock
Green is the color of life.
Lichen Impression
My artist eye refuses to see
just lichen and rock.
No. This a celestial flowering.
Winter Green
After the leaves are gone
lichen paints the forest green.
Wood Lace
lichen lace modestly covers
the crotch of branch and trunk.