as rudbeckia’s season closes
she speaks
of our ephemerality
Brown Eyed Girl
Spring Soup
seasoned
by the seasons
warmed by the sun
The Season’s Joie De Vivre
rising to the surface
that particular effervescence
of spring
Dressing For The Season
marigold’s
winter coat
is made of cold
Let There Be No Waste Silage Awaits
each season
requests
particulars of labor
The Butterfly’s Season
floating
’round the blossoms
courting beauty
Fleeting
as with
the morning fog
summer is dispersing
Open Arms
reaching out
the unconditional embrace
of every season
Repeat Repeat
rain removes snow
then develops into sleet
so goes winter: repeat, repeat
Autumn’s Gloaming
a radiance of colors
as the season fades
to winter
The Maple
heralding
the season change
a deepening of golds to red
Spring’s Approach
breathless
she flies in
on the west wind
The Whole Season In A Single Moment
winter
light and dark
and all the in-betweens
Salt and Pepper
bird peppered sky
snow salted land
the seasoned season
How Color Comes
under cloud cover
it hikes across
the landscape
Homemaking
seeds ready for flight
intentions set on next season’s
home for monarchs
March Madness
when spring seems
inevitable and impossible
all at once
Birch Brush
summer drawn
with wind and water
moving while still
To Every Thing
rose on leaves
in the season
of love
Peppered Sky
sky peppered with birds
the seasoning of spring
Wishes
the season of wishes
summer is when
hopes take flight
Sugar House
first smoke plume of the season
the sap is on the boil
sweet sugar time
Possibilities
The still green meadow
holds out the possibility
of an Indian Summer.
Winter Conspiracy
Comrades of the cold
the trees and the river share and keep
their secrets of the silent season.
Wind and Reeds
The river wears the weather like a skin
a snake skin she sheds from season to season
She slithers into winter, slowly slowed until dormant.
Waiting
At the edge of a mountain of color
the Christmas trees wait for their season.