a gathering
the queens in bloom
ruling wild grass
A Royal Court Of Sorts
Heat
August sun
so sharp and strong
the wooded shade
a cooling pool
The River And The Wildflower
movement kept
within
the stillness
Field Of Dreams
the many many seeds
now gone to bed
to dream and conjure up our spring
Wild And Free
some petals spent
the joyful bloom
undeterred
The Sum Greater Than
minuscule blooms
perched upon
a multitude of stems
Ripen
so much beauty
in the readying
to unfurl
Made For Them
I came across
a paradise
blooming just for bees
Liberty
wild phlox
along the river bank
roaming wherever it chooses
Pink Edged Columbine
cupping jewels of rain
wildflowers know
the true value of things
To Be Held
embraced
without distortion
protected and cherished
A Wealth Of Tassels
the field top
glinting
with gold
Inspiration
a crimson fungi
foreshadowing
the trilliums bloom
Come And Go
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
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
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.