She Persists

the celebratory nature
of the garden persists
despite winter’s imposed dormancy

The Other Cabbage Rose

paradox of the purple bloom
petals holding both
snow and sun

Depth Of Bloom

lit
from within
soul of the rose

Guilelessness

all of beauty’s
every sustenance
in the simple rose

So Succulent A Rose

all growth
is a flowering
this is joy

Praise

upon a tree
a lichen rose
praise to anything that grows

Gradation

the subtle shift
from hue to hue
comes quietly like insight