Summoned by common color
a zinnia is the butterfly’s
landing pad.
Vibrancy
Joy arrives
as color.
Harlequin
Court jester of the woods
tree with harlequin bark.
More
Brown-eyed Susan
refutes the idea of enough.
Monadnock
A solitary blossom
reaches for the summit.
Made Visible
To be realized
light requires
the dark.
Columns
Delphinium columns
support the weight of the sky.
Delphinium Surf
Waves of lavender and blue
deep enough to swim in.
Painted
Sunshine and time
watercolor the meadow.
The Sound of Beauty
Floating flower bells
silence is their song.
Openness
The outside lives in
the house by the woods
that has no walls.
Nondenominational Worship
Each blossom in the spire
is a devotion
to the day.
Pink Foam
Blooms reach for the clouds
like waves clinging to the shore.
Beauty’s Light
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.