Stone Buddha
permanent practice
of impermanence
Corsage
Invited by the sun to the spring fling
the earth wears a blushing peony.
Singular
An individual stalk of subtle complexity
contains the sum of the field’s beauty.
Tenderness
open hearted
yellow rose
steadfast friend
Diva
Demanding Dahlia
diva of the garden bed
as bud or bloom turning heads
Delight
Fresh shiny faces
cheerfulness personified.
Familiar Stranger
A goose glides around the pond
keeping company with its reflection.
Question Marks
Uncertain
ferns pause
before exclaiming the sun.
Ode to Seurat
Master of pointillism
the crabapple blooms
a portrait of spring.
Rose-lipt Maidens
Fleeting is spring’s splendor
so sweeter is the view.
Rising
The sun’s warming rays
reach the depths of the pond
summoning fish to the surface.
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.
Vacancy
A nest awaits
the feathered promise
of new beginnings.
Certainty
Wearing a shroud of winter
the rock sculpture endures
certain of Spring’s dominion.
Reprise
Snow laden pine
bows to the birch
winter takes a curtain call.
Holding to Stones
Water
the giver
of life.
Fungi Perfecti
As winter wanes
the forest flowers in fungi.
Vision
The birch’s
omniscient eye
watches all.
Winter Bouquet
Winter offers a fragile bouquet
a freeze dried memory
of summer days.
Snow Blossoms
As transient as the dawn
snow blossoms hold onto the branch
with the power of a wish.
Adornment
Bright berries
dress up
dowdy winter days.
Reflection
Winter’s still life
dances in the water.
Deception
In a topsy turvy world
roots masquerade as branches
and delight in out foxing foxes
Birch Bird Box
with a snow cap hat
waits out winter wishing
for a feathered nest.
Capacity
Residing on a single stem
a trinity of spirals
each holding what it can
Winter’s Hatch
From the snow egg
eventually emerges
blues skies and warm days.
Stoic
The pine never complains
about the weight of the burden
it is asked to carry.
Hoofprint Heart
With each step
a little love
was left behind.
Portrait of a Winter Day
In the stillness
all possibilities
are incubated.
Snow Globe
Grandma Moses snow
floated on the cold
as magic encased us.