Just After The Sun Rose

a fairy
flew by
trailing magic

The Iris Departing

fading blooms
spiral
into themselves

Statuesque

in stone
and petaled forms
a nobility of beauty

Waterfall Iris

splashing color
over the garden
into the air

The Curvature Of Color

colors
shifted and changed
as they traversed the iris’s curves

Place

in the garden
my soul
resides

Adorned

bestowed
upon Buddha
a headdress of iris

Lavender Blue

triptych of iris
the garden’s
altarpiece

In This Liminal Time

each morning
with the flowers
sweet dreams linger

Legacy

Buddha leaves
a wake
of beauty and calm

Between The Tulips And The Iris

tiny explosion
a potency
of blue

Directions Home

at the fence end
the birdhouse’s front yard
a round of iris pods

The Same And Different

claiming self
notwithstanding
similarity

Madonna

mother
in granite
nature her child

Everything Rises

as morning sidles
to the edge of the garden
the gingko bows to the day

Skipper

stay close
there are dangers
in the delicious garden

Those Two Iris

they leaned
into each other
as lovers often do

Joyous Cacophony

bleeding hearts
tambourine the wind
allium and iris
sing solo notes

Jumping Up

exaltation
of summer’s
many tiny joys

Bronze

a sculpture
grown by June
red metal