the bench
takes a sun bath
while imagining green
February Garden
The Pond Opened For Song
opening ceremony
the joyful croaking chorus
of peepers peeping
Cardinal In The Forsythia
he stops by
to encourage
the first blooms
May Rain
each drop
nourishes dreams
of what will be
Restoration
leaves to unfurl
songs to sing
spring’s beginnings
Bee Boxes
hives stir
as the river melts
quiet workings of spring
Early Certainty
robins arrival
announce
the inevitability of spring
On The Nest
winter’s egg
roosting Spring’s
first stirrings
Frog Song
rain on
peepers pond
the chorus crescendos
All Of It
instruction of
the maple bloom
reach out for everything
Aflutter With Joy
heartbeat
of spring
crocus seen
Presiding Over The Future
early spring’s queen
the willow in her
golden crown
Hope With Frost
eternal
desire to be
growing
The Watch
nobility
above the nest
on watch for spring stirrings
First Out
up popped
snow drops
petaled exultation
The Magnification of Hope
spring proceeds in
infinitesimal increments
best seen through
the magnification of hope
Awakened
the brambles stir
branches pulse
with spring’s life force
How
color was how
the world
sprang to life
Following Leads
through the reeds
a road emerged
that seemed to lead to spring
Understood
joy
jumps up
purple profundity
Traces
red buds
spring’s fingerprints
on the white woods
Replenished
joy made tangible
those tender greens
make my heart sing
The Refreshment of Color
inside
a tall drink of color
ends winter’s dry monochrome
Robins
seduce me
with your song of spring
of love and life and hope you sing
One of a Scurry
chin scratch
bare patch
April molt
Glimmer
glinting ice
in the snowy field
a wink from spring
First Stirrings
seeds slumber while
forced bulbs bloom
in late winter’s light
Prologue
before the song of spring
the robin can be seen
Glimpse
a space in the rock wall
like a portal to the future
provides a glimpse of green
Bluest of Blues
scilla siberica
blue maiden of early spring
joy is the color you sing