a common name
for Queen Anne’s Lace
in seed – in deed
Birds Nest
How It Grows
layers and lines
drawing the complexities
of the garden’s many cycles
Enchantment
the garden’s stardust
comprised
of blossoms and buds
Gorgeous Georgia
the introduction made
by a gladiola
to Ms O’Keefe
What Can Be Done
a garden bed weeded
one small corner of the world
made right
Daydreams
the world
is muted and precise
all at once
Perfect Pairing
the monarch
and the white hydrangea
made for each other
Brightened
petaled lumens
mood lighting
the landscape
Rose Interior
rain drops gather
on the inner sanctum
of beauty
A Second Bloom
the imperative
to seed
intensifies the color
Delphinium Rain
my drought
of color
ended
Unity
sharing a fundamental intimacy
the butterfly and marigold
depend upon each other
Blossom’s Bouquet
ever clever
hydrangea creates
a bouquet within her blossom
Orbs Enchantment
a ray of morning light
makes magic
of the dew on dill
Faith In Flowers
all the ways of beauty
given
like an answered prayer
Inside The Moment
the peacefulness of morning
lingers like
dewdrops on a leaf
Her Reign Of Spring
peony the queen
presides
with pomp and circumstance
Whorl
high upon your forehead
the mark
of your high intellect
The Sight Of 30,000 Lenses
the dragonfly
zooming by sees everything
with it’s spectacular eye
In The Simple The Divine
a single bloom
containing a universe
of beauty
Conundrum Of Beauty
like the backs of stars
the undersides of flowers
deliver the inverse of beauty as beauty
The Green Flock
brown tipped
feathers
of hens and chicks
Garden Sea Anemone
the wind
moves like water
raindrops are her capture
Abstraction Of Iris In Bronze
each petal
in itself
a work of art
A Pansy Rave
tripping on color
the flowers
mosh
Late Arrival
one more
joyful shout
of spring
All The Pieces Of The World
gathered
on to
granite
Ode To A Bumblebee
the tulip hums
her color palette
friendly just like you
Portrait Of A Tulip Aflame
stepping from the shade
blazing, blazing
like the sun
Recognition
the prairie crocus’s
yellow eye glinting
back at the sun