Singular Kindness

blazing sun
but shade
for Buddha

Elemental Kindness

gentle snow
softening the world’s
hard edges

Goodwill

tender pink
the wild bloom
benevolence of simplicity

Kind Provision

bird box
in the sunflower field
surety of place

The Picking Yard

flowers
pledged fidelity
to the kindness of the garden

Summer Home Solstice

in the kindness
of June’s gentle sun
babies feather and iris bloom

Magnolioideae

before the existence of bees
the magnificence of magnolias
relied on the kindness of beetles