"summer bouquet"

"rose bundle"

"rose in rue"

"begonia"

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way ― 

things I had no words for."

― Georgia O'Keeffe

"irises"

a tender flower-
bed of irides blooming

conflicted

drawn by something I do not see,

but feel on my skin, can hardly resist

"frosty fables"

_ _ _

december

yarrow stalks —

donning dainty snow hats

"rainy road II"

"Aware" by Denise Levertov

When I found the door

I found the vine leaves

speaking among themselves in abundant

whispers.

My presence made them

hush their green breath,

embarrassed, the way

humans stand up, buttoning their jackets,

acting as if they were leaving anyway, as if

the conversation had ended

just before you arrived.

I liked

the glimpse I had, though,

of their obscure

gestures. I liked the sound

of such private voices. Next time

I'll move like cautious sunlight, open

the door by fractions, eavesdrop

peacefully.

― Denise Levertov

_ _ _

ripe cherries

June solstice ―
e11even doves in the cherry tree

its branches swayed by heat
splintered light-

brea[d]th of wings, slender dreams
and ruddy-ripe cherries

_ _ _

Happy full-moon Solstice!
Welcome Summer 2016!

the walks of May

"this [stair]well is CLOSED"

scribble[s]

"Life, yes, life without sheets of paper to be scribbled on, was a masterpiece."

― Violette Leduc

Stained Glass

"The Thou encounters me by grace — it cannot be found by seeking. 

But that I speak the basic word to it is a deed of my whole being, is my essential deed."

― Martin Buber

upside-down s/tree/t

Moonrise

"We dance round in a ring and suppose,

But the Secret sits in the middle and knows."

― Robert Frost

patched [multi]verse II

Storm warning

"naked names"

"The ancient Rose remains by its name;

naked names are all that we have."

― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose