outstretched
you offer your beauty
to the whole world
Offerings
the peony
blooms
for Buddha
Present
iris bow
sun shines
season’s first offering
Ma Donna
Madonna appeared
in a cairn of stones
offering prayer and blessing
Purple Departure
offering colors to accompany us
through the long night
the day blooms at dusk
Oblation
in the oak leaf’s golden goblet
diamond dust and light
an offering to the gods of winter
Morning
The day came softly
quietly offering beauty.
Dearest Pine
offers color all through winter
and presents a profusion of green vitality
in these last heartless days before the blooming of spring.