the garden an ocean
peony blooms as if
a sea anemone
Perfection Realized
to see her
cup the sunlight
in her perfect petals
Azalea Ablaze
taking
her moment
in summer’s spotlight
Those Two Iris
they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do
Bronze
a sculpture
grown by June
red metal
Painted Trillium
rare beauty
she blooms mostly
for the forest’s delight
Friendly Conversation
greetings
from the tulips
as the violets wander by
And Your Heart Skips A Beat
sweet as a kiss
upon your cheek
pink tulip’s bloom
Unselfconscious
daffodil’s humility
amplifies
her magnificence
Beauty’s Second Duty
perfectly pretty
the petaled
mulch
Flowering Blue Sky
a petaled
hallelujah
exalting sunny days
She Was My Valentine
one more
amaryllis
kiss
Pink High Notes
pink trumpets
playing
cool jazz
Subzero Heat
siren’s call
across the frozen landscape
red hot red
Essence
the center holds
so many
reverberations of self
Appreciation
moment
with a flower
highlight of the hour
Decay’s Bouquet
stump blooms
a wood rose
flowering of fungi
Mining
mother load
wing-ed ones
gold rush
Bel Canto
an opera
of orange
sung by nasturtium
The Garden Comes Inside
table bouquet
caressed
by a sunbeam
Sweet William’s Courtship
bouquet
in a bloom
perennial suitor
High in the Blue Sky
petaled turret
pink watchtower
beauty’s sentinel observes
Finale
last ruffle
a final flourish
iris ending
Walkway
after a petal rain
the polka dot path
leads home
My Captured Heart
taken by
a special face
in the cheering crowd
Unrestrained
wild abandon
a wilderness
of colors
Beauty’s Labor
dirty petals
gathered round
protecting color
Deceptive Delicacy
blooming through
the ferocious winter
beauty’s tenacity
On the Sideline
pompoms
of petaled color
cheering on fall
Deliciousness
hot chocolate
on a cool morning
scented dahlia