softly they sang
the colors
of butter and blush
Quartet By Arborvitae
Labor Of Love
tenderly ministering
to the two leaved starts
and all efforts beyond
Held By The Season
abundance of leaf and petal
spring wraps
her shady arms around us
Quaker Ladies In Worship
quietly they gather
tiny beacons
shining their inner light
After Raking
first day in the garden
the bed’s leaf blankets removed
sun and shade waltz on the lawn
the promise of renewal revealed
We’ve Arrived
the day
blue and sparkling
banishing winter
Begin Again
the field by example
inspires the trees
to return to green
Coltsfoot
yellow
goes galloping
across still cold ground
Thank You Red Twig Dogwood
any and all color
in early spring
a cherished gift
Diminutive Details
the major lift
of minor bulbs
eliciting exclaims when seen
Hello Hellebore
your smiling countenance
making the most
of cloud filtered sun
Ready To Fight The Weather
clenched tight like a fist
until elements allow
a delicate unfurling
Early Spring Abstracted
blue skies
and leaves
finding new forms
The Emerald Forest
the green carpet
spring makes her
entrance on
Crocus
petal bowls
containing the gold
of sunshine
Reminder
April is fickle
spring is near
but not yet here
Winter Reconstituted
at night
ice made anew
from yesterday’s melt
Chipmunk In Morning Sun
basking in
the divine caress
of spring warmth
Color Begins
pulsing
through the branches
the desire of spring
Blow Down
the wind delivered
a lichen corsage
to an icy ‘spring fling’
The Restlessness Of March
learning from the meadow
I will try to love
the still gray sky and stubborn snow
Everything Bloomed In White
still so cold
but the glittering snow
spoke of spring
Drifts Drift
along with snow
dreams keep gathering
as the birds begin to sing
eventually, eventually spring
Awaiting Spring
this fringe of cold
the beauty before
the beauty of leaves
Field Of Dreams
the many many seeds
now gone to bed
to dream and conjure up our spring
Quaker Ladies
they gathered
in abundance
to worship spring
Granite Garden Path
walk the sun warmed stone
admire the colorful creep of phlox
perceive spring’s unfolding
The Valley In Spring
clouds flying free
the rail fence meanders
as trees converse in green
Sea Of Iris
spring’s tide rises
the iris swell
incubating their bloom wave
Reassurance
constants
the river, the mountain
the flowers return
the renewal of spring