The Petunia Looking Back

deep inside
a piercing
green eye

Intricacies

morning sun
through feathered cold
how night lingers on the window

One of Many

the shadow reveals
another definition
of self

Within

hidden inside
tiny delicate flowers
can’t help but bloom

Magnolia

latticework
of bud and branch
holding up blue sky

Winter’s Pattern

covered branches
the forest’s
cable knit sweater

Obeisance

in deference
to the cold
hosta leaf curtsies

Appreciation

moment
with a flower
highlight of the hour

Following Directions

houseplant’s leaf
color leading
to the great outdoors

Eyelet River

lacing the surface
cold threading
shore to shore

Fleeting Forever

kindling beauty
the birch branch pile
nature’s ephemeral immortality

Presage of the Leaves

geranium begins
fall’s colors
creeping in

Practice

mediation
on lavender and grey
fern’s delicate display

Begonia Umbrella

beneath
the begonia leaf
parasol perfection

The Sea in the Sky

cloud waves
crashing on the shores
of a grey May day

Logarithmic Bloom

Fibonacci’s code
unfurling the golden mean
of beauty’s geometry

Plaid of March

the kilted woods
wearing a tartan
of tree and shadow

Hard Won Purchase

granite and ice
a cold hard home
for velvet moss

Be The Way

blue hosta leaf
lines leading to the start
of the universe

Beseeching

bloodroot’s leaf
clasped in prayer
beseeching blooms