separate plants
find kinship
in color
A World Of Purple
While Monarchs Have Departed The Butterfly Bush Blooms On
the nourishment
of beauty
soul food
Surely Shirley The Poppy
all ruffles and fringe
purple and orange
pizzaz
At The Edge
listening
to the purple
echos
Coat Weather
autumn’s coat
of many colors
adorned with tassels
Hens and Chicks
their
feather edges
serrated with frost
Mysteries of the Color Wheel
sisters hold the secret
of simultaneously being
magenta and scarlet
Purple Reign
purple crown
the sovereign rule
of poppy’s bloom
Oneness With The Universe
how hip
the coleus’
psychedelic trip
Many Ways of Faith
druid’s lent
the purple leaf
a passion to believe
Best Effort
when flowering
is impossible
bloom your leaves
Violet Advent
third Sunday
violet advent
arrives in the window
Beauty Berry
as the landscape mutes
and colors recede
one last glory
Clematis, Her Majesty
queen of the flowering vines
reigns in robes of royal purple
Immersion
within
the depths
of bloom
Opulence of Iris
purple iridescence
pours down
the petal
Understood
joy
jumps up
purple profundity
Turn, Turn, Turn
hydrangea turns
becoming and beaconing
the season’s change
Cottage Garden
the house resides
in the garden’s
flowering embrace
Riches
summer riches
the depth of color
a bounty of purple and yellow
Kholrabi
tamed from a wild cabbage
wedded with a turnip
farm stand favorite
Perspective
flowering planet
blooming purple orb
the ant’s north star
September
asking nothing
September arrived
offering perfection
Vibrancy
Joy arrives
as color.
Depth
Petunia’s purple is so deep
it plunges into black.
Ruby Moon
Blooming in pinks and purples
a bean
being all it can be.
At The Root Of It
The humble turnip reveals
all the beauty, all the struggle
of life.
Harvest
As the workers toil in the carpet of sage
they hum and buzz their dictum
“from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs”
Magic Wands
Fairy dust is gathered on magic wands
and used to clean away all ugliness
of sight, word and deed.
Lupin
A meeting of friends in the meadow.
Quaker Bonnets gather
offering their quiet beauty to the whole of the land.