a few berry kisses
waited out the winter
to welcome us into spring
Love Prevails
Slow Days
the garden wears a sweater of snow
inside you wear boiled wool
the two of you
practicing patience
Fishing
watching the heron
a lesson
in patience
Patience
foggy morning
the sundial waits
for the sun
The Patience Of A Metal Frog
snow may come again
still the garden will emerge
soak up the sun when you can
One Of Those Two In Love
Mrs. Mourning Dove
assumes her post
awaiting his return
It Seems
sometimes
in winter
time does wait
To Be Chosen
flowers await
their moment
in the sun
Becoming
nothing
to do
but right now
Wood Duck Box By The Old Corn Field
the frozen marsh
the fallow field
everything in its time
A Generosity Of Patience
ever
the gracious host
chickadee awaits a turn
April Snow
testing patience
and tender buds
winter lingers
Three Canoes
place holder
for our reentry
into the wild world
Forbearance
spring’s green
biding her time
beneath the ice
Foreshadowing
winter waited
at the edge
of the changing meadow
Loon’s Nest
as she sits
creation is constructed of
stillness and patience
Loyalty
guardian at the gate
the iron lab
waits
Admiration
slowly goes the snail
admiring everything
knowing flowers will wait
to be seen
The Magnification of Hope
spring proceeds in
infinitesimal increments
best seen through
the magnification of hope
April Showers
engulfed in grey
all hope of spring
seemingly stripped away
April’s stern instruction of patience
Mystique
animating stillness
personifying patience
seer, seeker, soothsayer
To Come And Go
cold must rise in order to leave
every thing comes and everything goes
in nature’s design of time
Summoning Blue Skies
the mountain ridge
the sumac’s reach
the destiny of spring
Chicken Queue
patience is a virtue
in the feed line
at the red barn
Boxcar and Branches
The train waits for its green light
as the trees’ buds await sufficient sunlight
Snow Queens
lacy queens patiently sit
for their still life portrait
by the pond
Practice
winter is
the practice
of patience
Iris in Ice
Winter persists
trying spring’s patience.