The Other Cabbage Rose

paradox of the purple bloom
petals holding both
snow and sun

All Dressed Up

ruffled skirt
of blue shelf mushroom
tree stump’s petticoat

Decay’s Bouquet

stump blooms
a wood rose
flowering of fungi

In The Light

Oh! azalea
all a ruffle
beaming back the light

Pursuit

stalking fish
warrior feathers
on ruffled heron

Violet Advent

third Sunday
violet advent
arrives in the window

Ruffled

outside winter approaches
while defiant violet
flaunts her ruffled skirts