community gathers
in the shadow
of faith
Telling Time
fence slat
sun dial
spring’s high noon
Master Molecule
sharp shadow
etched into bare ground
tree’s template
Elemental
water, leaf and shadow
elemental mosaic
of mud season
River Moon
in the frozen river
resides the moon’s
mysterious landscape of light
Cold Bloom
outside an arctic cold
warmed by the hot pink
of a houseplant’s bloom
Gold Leaf
temporary thaw reveals
winter’s gilding
of last year’s oak
Austerity
sharp edged
cold etches
light into dark
To End Is To Begin
fresh light
fell on New Year’s Day
shadows came and had their say
Saturated
a bluing sky
intensifies
the turning of the trees
Edged With Antique Lace
green field sparkles with frost
as winter takes residence
in the shadow’s depth
Repose
beauty
in the ending
life wholly given
Shadow Bloom
backdrop of self
the play of light and shadow
a double bloom
Homecoming Dance
fall arrives
as leaf and shadow
dance in waning light
Birch Brush
summer drawn
with wind and water
moving while still
Origin
bluebird box
on the lily marsh
commencement of happiness
Revelation
each lily
opened as
a new understanding
Healing
time can
smooth and soften
the broken hard heart
Wild Fire
deep in the shade
wild columbine’s
embers burn
Which
that fire in the sky
is it creation
or the god’s displeasure
Beseeching
bloodroot’s leaf
clasped in prayer
beseeching blooms
Coup
every bloom
a triumph
of joy
Color Sounds
a happy shout
of petal sunshine
the blooms of May begin
Reach
winter’s long shadow
reaches for
the shore of spring
Testimony
still standing
our wise elder testifies
to beauty’s endurance
Cattail Ice
this mercurial winter
zigs and zags
playing tag with spring
Unknown Depth
the current carries
memory and hope
forward ever forward
Time Combined
for every shadow
there is light
counterparts
like day to night
The Enoughness of Nothing
in nothing
everything
rejoiced
Outsiders
leaves wander
outside the fence
of their beloved mountain