Elder weed sends up
starry-white flowers,
mini-Queen Anne’s lace.
Its rhizome roots
crowd out hapless
coral bells and astilbe
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Tag Archives: spring
The Four Winds Blow
a still moment,
after the frenzied four winds
blew the dust away
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Together
petalled, leafed and bare,
together through the long years
branches twined
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The Heart in Spring
trembling magnolias
feeling the cold wind’s touch
each petal shivers
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Under a Tree
orchestra of color
before the first flower blooms —
a rainbow of chairs
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First Flowers
after snowmelt,
the first flowers have
a special magic
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Last Leaves of Fall
dry leaves flutter
like withered cherry petals,
painful longing
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Spring-like July
how I miss spring’s
dazzle and swirling petals
of lilacs and pears;
this wet July brings to mind
those cool, delicious days
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A Crocus in April
hidden underfoot
in winter’s withered debris,
one perfect bloom
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Grandfather Tree
Despite hurricane,
snowfall, driving rain,
Grandfather Tree Continue reading
April’s Magic
through barren trees,
light shines
the strongest
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Notes:
To those celebrating holidays — may you be safe and happy together or separate. Continue reading
Snowdrop Spring
Snowdrops appear;
Robin Redbreast
draws near. Continue reading
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