Flowers

 Garden

A field of daisies,

Waving cheery.

A midsummer rose,

Nodding sweetly.

And there by the corner

A honeysuckle humming

Brighter and taller

Bursting with flower.

A garden gate amidst it all

An opening in the stone wall.

A rocky path leads to

The bee’s euphoria.

Another Garden

The earth’s merriment rises from the ground

What does it look like? How does it sound?

It flutters on wings light as air

It sends its aroma with the birds and bees

Its chuckles arise from the ground-

Red, blue, yellow, purple

Slender petals wave in the breeze

The earth’s humor is these.

A rocky wall surrounds it all
A happy sanctuary...

A gorgeous wilderness

Becrimsoned and begilded

Like a testimony of all things beautiful

Gathered in one happy spot

Slender petals wave in the breeze—

The earth’s humor is these.