when flowering
is impossible
bloom your leaves
Carmine
stiletto petals
seamed like silk
timeless fashion vixen
Blue Light and Dark
divine
blue sky
everything asparkle
Joy
new eyes saw
a giving world’s
abundance of blessings
Violet Advent
third Sunday
violet advent
arrives in the window
Snow Queen
her winter crown
rendered from
diamond light
Wild Strawberries
with berries gone
leaves reminiscence
still coloring the lawn
Carapace
the fern
tortoise shelled
winter’s slow approach
Astronomy
it seemed
the moon had landed
inside the garden gate
Sides
branched
right and left
both needing the stem
Affiliation
each petal’s edges
distinct within the group
solitary side by side
Alighted
hope
is faith’s comrade
keeping us afloat
Assurance
with just
a little warmth
life springs forth
Portrayal
designed by time
colors and lines
fallen fall
Resolve
between the frosts
a final bloom
tenacity of beauty
Road Signs
full stop
traffic jam
of autumn’s color
Holding Light
serene in uncertainty
possibilities tumble
into the unknown
The Hereafter
the bloom
after the petal bloom
twice born rose
Interlude
time stopped
eternity unraveled
in a visit to a petal
Homecoming Dance
fall arrives
as leaf and shadow
dance in waning light
Parting Gift
sunflower
leaves her sunshine
behind
Leaf Skin
as the snake
sheds his skin
trees discard their leaves
Beyond the Cosmos
petals orbit
the pollen planet
saturn of sunflowers
Nearness
Tim
seeks me
in the garden
small
white
butterfly
always
hovering
nearby
Ghost
that I glimpse
from the side of my eye
Darting through blossoms
resting on leaves
Taking advantage of sunshine and breeze
Pointing out a shapely cloud
waiting on my mailbox
inquisitive antenna cocked
Reminding me
as mortality
rages on
death
is not
the final stop
Dive In
in the deep end
of color
oranges give way to light
To Every Thing
rose on leaves
in the season
of love
Unseen Seen
with in a web
of black and white
complexities of grey
Memory’s Fragrance
September bloom
slight spice of fall
all the past recalled
Seeding Sun
a galaxy of seeds
infinity without
beginning or end
Change
the air foretold
of fall’s approach
and meadow rue took note