Leaves bask in the glow
of the iris’s beauty.
Departure
In muted shades
softly the glooming
fades away the day.
Summer’s Saturday
nature’s
backyard
perfection
Familiar Stranger
A goose glides around the pond
keeping company with its reflection.
Fuzz
A fern frond
unfurls wearing
newborn fuzz.
Scent
Lilacs rest
on the picket fence
perfuming the end of May.
Unwrapped
The birch unwraps herself
revealing her alabaster skin
to the May sun.
Anticipation
The blush
before the bloom.
Flower Shower
Magnolia rains
her beauty
on to the lawn.
Violet
your scent
a kiss of spring
beguiling
Rising
The sun’s warming rays
reach the depths of the pond
summoning fish to the surface.
Spring’s Sentry
Creeping phlox
sneaks up the mountain
stalking the last of the frost.
Secret Passageway
Enter the magic forest
through the teardrop
in the tree.
Lichen Sky
In the absence of leaves
the branch wears lichen.
Spring will not be surrendered.
Garland
Forsythia fleetingly adorns
ever enduring granite.
Ribbon
What force turned this tree into a ribbon?
Is it the same force the enables it to still stand?
Assurance
When daffodils bloom
spring is a certainty.
Feathers
Under the spell of spring
even trees seems to feather out.
Magic
The willow’s wands emerge
spinning gold.
Water’s Way
Cold that is no longer snow
makes a mad dash down the brook
rushing towards spring, trying to catch summer.
Frosty Morn
The pond has broken winter’s icy hold
but the land struggles to shrug off the frosty morning cold.
Delicate
Branches blush as buds begin to swell.
Subtly color creeps into the landscape.
Sweet Magnolia
The bright blue sky bites with cold.
Buds hunker down waiting for a warmer sun
to shed their fuzzy jackets and unfurl petaled perfection.
Return
The landscape shifts from white to green.
Ice is no match for the determination of spring.
Between
Between the seasons
a quiet pause
as the earth sighs.
Hanging Around
Winter loiters
in the month of March.
Melt
As the earth softens
spring finds hospitality
in the primordial offering of mud.
The Island of Vermont
Landlocked and wooden
this moai
is a tree deity.
Certainty
Wearing a shroud of winter
the rock sculpture endures
certain of Spring’s dominion.
Lace Making
Casting a pattern like lace
shadows of leaves
embellish the snow.