defensive
of even
the memory of beauty
Tight Knit Community
all together
weathering the weather
shoulder to shoulder
The Winter Garden
neither
cold nor dormancy
stills the enchantment
In The White Quietude
like fresh snow
tranquility settled
over everything
On The Terrace By The Connecticut
river rushes by
flowers take
their time
Visit
sit awhile
and listen to
the flowers conversation
Sea Of Green
green waves
crest in the sunlight
crash on the rock wall
Love Bite
entwined
in a violent affair
snakes mate
Rendezvous
perfect beginnings
the early morning
with my sweethearts
Hours of the Flower
blood root’s dawn
answers to the sun’s call
blood root’s noon
Silent Assembly
mysteries gather
in the misty woods
awaiting sunlight’s unveiling
Freed Masonry
the rock wall
grew a monument
to love and loss and living
The Spot
the arbor
saving our place
through the long winter
Elemental Kindness
gentle snow
softening the world’s
hard edges
Navigating Darkness
troubled times
the lantern needed
even in sunlight
Aspirations
divine
white iris
aspires to heaven
All Is Now
when the garden blooms
memories of winter
are exiled
Readiness
even the rock wall
is ready to shed
winter’s now dowdy coat
Blanketed
snow legislates
the quiet
of the woods
Abridged
time crosses slowly
December’s snowy bridge
sojourn to the far side of remembering
Emerald Wall
barrier embraced
hard edges softened
by a majesty of moss
Sacred Emily
petals poised
in perfection
transcended by
her scent sublime
Healing
time can
smooth and soften
the broken hard heart
Invitation
the open gate
invites me
into the new day
Interloper
your house and garden
said the look
is on my land
Garden Party
plants and insects
celebrate
the first of summer’s days
Wild Fire
deep in the shade
wild columbine’s
embers burn
Wholeness
purpose and place
is located
in relationship
Sweet
the warm west wind
these chilling nights
and sugar runs
Shifting
neither even or fair
the lay of the land
embraces inconsistency