Winter Outerwear

the forest
wears a brocade cape
of leaves and fruit and vines

Wild Strawberries

sugared
with frost
before the berries

Winter Orchard

holding space
for
flower and fruit

The Forest’s Table

woodlands
set a banquet
for birds

Ever On

missing limb
the healing tree
still fruits

Wild Apples

untamed
they grew
particularized

The Orchard’s Loom

a tapestry
the apple tree
hung upon the sky

Longing

the fruit
of last year’s blossoms
hold a torch for spring

Recipient

everything
that was needed
was given in abundant grace

 

The Taste Of Color

plum purple
maple leaf
autumn’s fruit

Them Apples

gathering sweetness
rounding with time
growing into themselves

Apple Majesty

with a crown
of ruby fruit
the queen presides

Orchard

in the shelter of others
buds blossom and fruit

Procreation

Five petals await
a most esteemed visitor –
the bee, prince of pollination.

Indigos

Before the first leaf buds
blueberry’s red shoots
contemplate fruit.

Blackberry Lily

seed masquerades as fruit
seducing birds
a wily plant’s propagation plan.

Bequest

First bud begets the bloom
than flower brings the fruit.

Blackberry Lilly

Your seed dazzle like ripened fruit
but your delicious bounty will be blossoms.
A feast for the eyes come spring.