Sacred Rite

each bud
caressed and blessed
ants’ consecration

The Fence With Crabapple Finery

a blessing
of snow
slowing us into now

Kitchen Window Sill

dirty dishes
blessed by
wild delphinium

Ma Donna

Madonna appeared
in a cairn of stones
offering prayer and blessing

Hallow Hollow

in the hollow
was his holiness
blessing sacred ground

Talisman

heron in the morning light
blesses the unfolding future

It Is Written

the small
writ large
blessing of spring