the parts
no longer there
filled in by memory
The Leaving
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
Shell Collecting
the forest
a green ocean
her leafy tide revealing
mushroom seashells
Flowers In Lamp Light
cosmos defiant hoorah
as if to prove
the potency of bloom
Seed Packages
tiny envelopes
of the future’s promise
soon to be sent via airmail
Nature’s Merriment
pink leaves
giggling up color
amidst the waning ferns
Geometry
lines and intersections
angles of angles
the fluency of plants
in the language of math
Rise Up
keep reaching
for the light
illuminate what is right
Behold
the spent, the worn, the new
and the beauty
in each
The Sum Greater Than
minuscule blooms
perched upon
a multitude of stems
3,000 Miles To Go
departure time draws near
sustenance the only baggage
to pack for the journey
The Mesosphere Nearby
inside the mallow’s bloom
a kind of shooting star
beauty streaking past
Deep In The Daylilies
one shiny black eye
unmasked
his stone disguise
It Was The Quietest Of Songs
listen for
the music of
the mushroom accordion
Seaside Community
on the rocks
a barnacle enclave of tiny homes
by neighboring mollusks residing in shells
Layers
the birch sheds
her bark cocoon
revelation after revelation
Blue Diamonds
glinting
with sunshine
and raindrops
Thistle’s Gaze
in a blink
thistle eyes look
through lavender lashes
Blooming Like A Starry Night
one white star
shining in
the purple petal sky
A Beauty And Her Beauty
a jewel
in her crown
butterfly alights on coneflower
Contemplating The Leaf
repetitions
of line
how intricacies expand
A Duty Of Beauty
columbine has set her seed
one last hurrah
she blooms her leaves
Solitude
to bloom in solitude
is still
to bloom