blue skies
and leaves
finding new forms
Early Spring Abstracted
Purchased Sunshine
so necessary
the simple happiness
daisies give
Deciding To Leave
over time tiny shifts
expand space
and oblige separation
March Madness
some
of
everything
Borrowed Wisdom
I stopped and
leaned against a tree
to learn how to be
Mud Season
melt and freeze
the ground softens
in fits and starts
Blow Down
the wind delivered
a lichen corsage
to an icy ‘spring fling’
Awaiting Spring
this fringe of cold
the beauty before
the beauty of leaves
Trees’ Desire
in longing for spring
a blooming
of cold
Find One In The Other
frost at work
making both
needles and hay
Recognition
mid February in the woods
winter’s eye looked in mine
and winked I do believe
Valentine
primrose
blooming love
to everyone
Feed The Birds
pinecone’s homage
leaving seeds
looking like feet
Spot Of Green
in the pale landscape
winter elevates
moss and lichen
Gathering
individuals collecting
protecting
the delicate necessity
Rouge
the vixen amaryllis
an enchantment
amidst winter’s white
Shell And Shield
second skin
shimmering armour
of ice
With What Is At Hand
old Queen Anne
her winter bloom
made of snow
The Snow Abstracted
an icing
of snowflakes
time suspended
A Purposeful Beauty
oh to age
as gracefully and generously
as the wildflower
Remaining
the couple
sustaining each other
in bloom
The Leaving
the parts
no longer there
filled in by memory
Dried And Frosted Meadow Flower
a beauty formed
by passing time
the ending delicate
as the beginning
Berries Brown And Red
decorating
the landscape
feeding the birds
Blushed With Cold
edges
articulated
by frost
All Things Possible
cabbage petals
ruffled like a rose
she dreamed herself
into flower
Blue Goodbye
beneath the care
and protection of the pine
monkshood gifts us a final bloom
Legacy
coneflowers stand
in tribute to
their former themselves
Contained
inhabiting an oak leaf
all the colors and changes
of autumn
Wild And Free
some petals spent
the joyful bloom
undeterred