robin
in the garden bed
fundamental joy
Reminiscence
moonlight magnolia
her fragrance
a memory of heaven
Glimmer
glinting ice
in the snowy field
a wink from spring
Yearning
the trunk
entwined and crossed
a wish for old forest growth
Largess
the long shadow
of a small leaf
such is the way
of kindness
Electric Sky & Tree Bones
sunset spectacle
fluid beauty
at the speed of light
Mapped
the continents
of some brave new world
are mapped upon the leaf
Magnificence
her majesty
saves a place for me
while holding up the sky
Sage
the sage knows
the only time
is now
Pink
azalea cascades pink
into the sunlight
onto the landscape
Incarnation
the tree’s shadow
shingles’ memory
of a past life
Winter’s Shadow
shadows in the snow
soon to be transformed
by the grass and leaves that grow
Hunger
late february afternoon
everything hungers for light and warmth
so quickly the sun recedes
Oracle Tree
shadows of leaves
dance on the snow
wise is the oak
Long Shadow
January’s long shadow
reaches for the new year
as she carries the past
Revealed
shadow and ice reveal
the fence’s wobbly fears
Purple Dawn
it is the sky
that flowers
in winter
Reverence
beneath crowns of white
hydrangeas bow their heads
in reverence to winter
Steeple
homage
to the heavens
home of homes
Golden Delicious
Grandmother apple tree
comforts the afternoon
with shade.
Rising
The sun’s warming rays
reach the depths of the pond
summoning fish to the surface.
Time Keeper
The ledge measures time
by lichen, moss and shadow.
Frost Beard
The stump
wears a stubble of frost
autumn’s five o’clock shadow
Destination
Through the dried grass
the wooden path
leads to winter.
Shadow Lands
light and dark
waltz across
the hilltops
Beguiled
In the moonlight
the shadow of summer’s ghost
passes by the pumpkin.
In A Certain Slant Of Light
Before the burst of color
fall appears in those moments just before twilight
and presents a world illuminated from within.
Slope
The end of summer
has found her
angle of repose.
Garden Art Show
A transitory garden mosaic
of shadow, leaves and granite veins.
Panta rhei
The flower has turned to pod
the warmth of the sun belies the bite in the breeze
everything flows.
