a shout of color
fades to an echo
brevity of beauty
Highlight
petals catch
a ray of sun
enlightened blossom
Heart
depth of delicacy
intricacy of design
heart of the blossom
Duet
an alto and soprano
in lavender and purple
sing of summer
Properties
behind the tissue paper petals
resides the magic of relief and sleep
Rubies
tied underground
with a single root
welcome release
Exaltation
a mass of blooms
a choir of color
a devotion of flowers
Riches
summer riches
the depth of color
a bounty of purple and yellow
Pink
azalea cascades pink
into the sunlight
onto the landscape
Kholrabi
tamed from a wild cabbage
wedded with a turnip
farm stand favorite
Wishes
the season of wishes
summer is when
hopes take flight
Spiral
unfurling its scarlet edge
it is the leaf that blooms
Bleeding Heart
open and exposed
to every joy and sorrow
exquisite vulnerability
Drenched
saturated in color
begonia stains the eye
coloring the rest of the world
Midwife
forest maiden
mother’s helper
harbinger of spring
Run Off
never lost
water always
finds its way home
Iridescent
blooming opals
fleeting ephemerals
grace us
Exalted
morning light
never fails
to lift us
Meeting
quaker bonnets
gather in the grass
spring worship
Yellow Centered
embraced by your single leaf
opening by day, closing at night
wild early powerful medicinal
bloodroot
Maple Wind
never still
maple blossoms
dance through their days
Spring’s Elixir
plumping leaf buds
glow a growing green
intoxicated by sweet April rain
Behold
all the benedictions of spring
are rivaled by
the transformations of decay
Mourning Cloak
before the flowers flower
the butterfly blooms
Iris
iris the indomitable
sprouts beneath the snow
Sunshine and Blue
immortal spring
emerges
from winter’s vestige
Rest
leaf buds rest
gathering strength
from sunshine and rising sap
Change
a heaven sent rain
the glorious mud
season change
Lichen and Ice
a slow walk
yields
a bounty of beauty
Paper Whites
forced blooms
forbearers of spring