the sweet cheery faces
of happiness helpers
candy striped phlox
Restoration
balm to sorrow
the earth smiles
sunshine and flowers
Brief Visit
spring wears white
in polkadot leaves and petal snow
until the wilting sun asks her to go
Opulence of Iris
purple iridescence
pours down
the petal
Passerby
blossoming branch
bright blue sky
busy bee passing by
Strike Up The Band
a violet and white
parade of quaker ladies
adorns May’s main street
Raconteur
the story
twice told
self and shadow
Ephemeral May
tiny pink bud
trumpets spring
in blue
Understood
joy
jumps up
purple profundity
Conversion
raindrops on snowdrops
and so the seasons change
Love Charm
crimson roots give rise
to the pristine white
purity of petals
Sun Flower
forsythia’s petal rays
in sunburst bloom
warm the landscape
Reminiscence
moonlight magnolia
her fragrance
a memory of heaven
Magnolioideae
before the existence of bees
the magnificence of magnolias
relied on the kindness of beetles
Alike
the leaf’s
life story is told
in age spots and veins
It Is Written
the small
writ large
blessing of spring
Unveiled
all of the intricacies
of the universe
unfold in the maple blossom
Unfurling
the birch presents her alabaster skin
to springs gentle administrations
Replenished
joy made tangible
those tender greens
make my heart sing
Asylum of Iris
exposed by spring
hidey-hole the burrow’s door
awaits the asylum of iris
Heaven’s Reach
spring snow
stars
at my fingertips
One of a Scurry
chin scratch
bare patch
April molt
Sugar
if the necessary conditions
are not met
there will be no sugar on snow
Maewyn Succat
in lieu
of four leaf clover
make do
with lichen and ice
Favorite
loved best
the birch wears
a coat of many colors
Courtship
frost feathers the window
even the cold romances spring
Sweetheart
wind tossed curls and rosey hue
mysterious mistress
is in love with you
And
crystals and petals
drift and bloom
shimmer and flower
Resounds
cloisonnéd crabapple trunk
each hole a house
for woodpecker sounds
Shatterings
each crack and shattering
revealed new connections
and the permanence of change