long before eventide
leaves chant the prayers of trees
the request and praise of grace and gratitude
Reverence
raised in exalation
green arms
praise the sun
Exaltation
a mass of blooms
a choir of color
a devotion of flowers
Meeting
quaker bonnets
gather in the grass
spring worship
Behold
all the benedictions of spring
are rivaled by
the transformations of decay
bare tree blue sky
reaching
up, up, up
this is worship
Fronds
side by side
two greens
salute the sun
Nondenominational Worship
Each blossom in the spire
is a devotion
to the day.
Woodland Cathedral
Nature’s church
is adorned
with flower spires.
Silent Worship
Quaker bonnets hold the world
in the light with their prayer
of pale blue and yellow.
Stained Glass
How glorious the view
from the cathedral that is nature.
Connection
The bench by the pond
my meeting place with God.
Magic in the Mist
Beneath the shroud of early morning mist
all creatures and growing things pause
and give thanks for the coming day.
Greeting
Emerging from his burrow
the first thing the chipmunk does
is salute the sun
Sabbath
The shadow of a trinity of trees across rock
marks one of many spots to worship in the woods.
Cathedral
Antler Alter
Antlers embrace pods from the Japanese maple tree,
a shrine to the seasons of life and bounty of Sunday Mountain,
a place to worship.
