Suddenly the Trees

Mourning doves are loud;
Olivia sounds a moo;
Roosters keep crowing.

Blue sky is cloudless;
Transmitter keeps on humming;
Everything is green.

Dandelions gone;
In their place are soft white puffs.
Yellow evolved to gray.

Dogs, kids and school bus;
Flurry of activity,
Then all is silent.

Old fence and front lawn--
Each defined by the other
Through every season.

 

Clover has sprung up;
New roadside communities
Of broad leafed triads.

Suddenly the trees
Billow brightly into green
Of infinite shades.

Almost can't hear it:
Roadside stream as it trickles down,
Scurrying past me.