like porcupines
coneflowers throw their seed-quills
for self preservation
The Self Defense Of Propogation
Invisible Work
birds and seeds
plot the creation
of spring
Learning To Fly
the seeds
are feathered
and ready for flight
Spinning Air
the wind
is the web
of the milkweed seed spider
Blackberry Lily
you
ripen like
your namesake
Sunshine’s Sunshine
namesake
the goddess
of energy and light
Times Of Stark Relief
the light
of a certain kind
of sunflower night
Four Fields In The Morning
sleepy seed heads
sleeping in
beneath blankets of snow
So Many Seeds
soft like fur
a coat
ruffling in the wind
After The Party
forest fairies
leave behind
the tiniest table setting
Rocketship
speeding towards
the setting of seed
destination perpetuity
Each One A Part
nestled
shoulder to shoulder
in the grand design
Morning Sun
light bright enough
to rouse
all sleeping seeds
Hollyhock Perpetuity
seeding
the future
so goes eternity
In April
in earthen beds
beneath another snow
seeds shake off their sleeping caps
Matching Outfits
bird
and flowers
dressed alike
Cold Bur
frost still fills
the space we’ve saved
for the warming sun
Homemaking
seeds ready for flight
intentions set on next season’s
home for monarchs
Afterlife
ghosts of summer
seeding the future
with their return
Going to Seed
fragile yellow lace
sturdy blue crowns
August counterparts
At The Green House
breathing in green
all the starts and stirrings
of potential
Flight Delay
milkweed seeds shiver
reluctant to fly
side by side with the snow
Luminary
snowing light
the maple tree’s
luminosity
Holding Light
serene in uncertainty
possibilities tumble
into the unknown
Seeding Sun
a galaxy of seeds
infinity without
beginning or end
Meadowland
lupin shared their secrets
of beauty, bloom and seed
summer spread across the field
First Stirrings
seeds slumber while
forced bulbs bloom
in late winter’s light
To Be Called
each and every seed
listens and waits
for the wind to call its name
inviting its flight on silken wings
Black Capped
songbird on
the seed bell
dee dee dee
chickadee
Before
a flower
before the season for flowers
blossom of seeds