meadows of milkweed for monarchs
we scan for yellow black stripes
and then the chandeliers of chrysalis
until the triumph of your red-orange winged flight
Come And Go
Begin
the fence
is neither
start nor finish
The Tale Of Queen Anne’s Lace
while tatting she pricks her finger
a drop of blood left behind
the price of beauty
Birds Nest
a common name
for Queen Anne’s Lace
in seed – in deed
Lace On The Water
when light
is thread
flowers are doilies
Joyful Like Twinkle Lights
strings of columbine
waltzing in the wind
shimmy in the sun
Sent Off With Joy
daisies serenade
the peony’s
waning days
Ruffles
edged in pink
a little frill
on leaves
Wild
color
and form
undomesticated
Trinity In The Vetch
sturdy, cheerful, simplicity
such grows in wild abandon
self-seeding beauty
Indian Paintbrush’ed
like watercolors
prairie fire bleeds color
across the landscape
Painted
paintbrush
of wildflowers
depicts summer bloom
Humble Abode
unassuming bloom
calling
monarchs home
Constant
amidst the world’s
noise and confusion
aster blooms in profusion
Yellow Centered
embraced by your single leaf
opening by day, closing at night
wild early powerful medicinal
bloodroot
Deference
A spray of goldenrod
bows to autumn’s arrival.
Center of the Cosmos
All the mysteries of the universe
are contained
in a wild flower.
Lavender Wave
Like a receding tide
the ocean of wildflower color
begins its subtle retreat in August.