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
Construction
building on the fly
Mrs Robin takes advantage
of abundant construction materials
Mourning Cloak
before the flowers flower
the butterfly blooms
Winter’s Shadow
shadows in the snow
soon to be transformed
by the grass and leaves that grow
Spring’s Domicile
the newly bare ground
home to all possibilities
Rest
leaf buds rest
gathering strength
from sunshine and rising sap
Progress
even when still
time moves the wheel
Unseen
beneath the white
in the waking earth
seeds begin their first stirrings
Estre
They rise
bringing
hope and renewal.
Surfacing
From the cold, dark earth
emerges the noble daffodil
shouldering its way to the sun.