ruffles

Pretty Is As Pretty Does

magnificence incarnate
your humble name
carnation

the birch’s ruffles
don’t need the wind
to flutter

holding both
the fragility and tenacity
of life

all ruffles and fringe
purple and orange
pizzaz

edged in pink
a little frill
on leaves

paradox of the purple bloom
petals holding both
snow and sun

ruffled skirt
of blue shelf mushroom
tree stump’s petticoat

stump blooms
a wood rose
flowering of fungi

Oh! azalea
all a ruffle
beaming back the light

stalking fish
warrior feathers
on ruffled heron

third Sunday
violet advent
arrives in the window

outside winter approaches
while defiant violet
flaunts her ruffled skirts

iris is where
the fairies shop
for ruffled petticoats

Pure white
froth of ruffles
peony’s distinction

One of the first appearances of autumn’s finery
is the ruffled fungi in pumpkin and cream.

The southern wind announces Spring is on her way to us.
These clouds are ruffles on her petticoats.