You grace the dusty roadsideCovered with pearlsLike the bodice of a bride's dressYour maids beside you wearing green satin.Pearls bursting in the sunshineEach becoming suddenlyLike baby's breath in the bride's bouquet,A tiny bright white blossom.Your blooms moonlight white, pure white, And perfumed softly Like the sheer net of the bride's veilAnd her taffeta petticoats.Summer snowflakes, holding each otherEach... Continue Reading →

Wings ablurSpicebush swallowtailDances on Bee balm.

Thirty-nine years agoThe groom brought his bride hereTo their first little home.Sweet memories well up insideWhen she passes.Thirty-nine years agoA blue Oldsmobile rested here Under the carport.Orange berries grew on the bush outside The bedroom window.Thirty-nine years ago Their first child learned to crawl here.They picnicked in back yardBy blue iris and a pink rose bush.Three-toed tree toads made... Continue Reading →