What Secrets They Hold!

May 31, 2016

My birthday today;

The years keep rolling along--

And I am the same. 

Lovely end of May;

The weather is temperate,

And I am as well.

Swings in the shadows

Hang still without a soul;

Peaceful in repose.

Swaying in the wind

Timothy grass gets ready

For Fall allergies.

Dented steel mailbox

Now has its own character:

A punch in the side.

The fence will disappear;

Thick leaves will grow over it--

Springtime victory!

Sunny grove of ferns

Growing as they always have

For a million years.

Leaning on a tree

Abandoned mower becomes

A piece of found art.

June 1, 2016

Can they get bigger:

Bursting globes of bright violet?

My rhododendrons.

All is quiet now,

Even the leaves are silent,

This first day of June.

A shadow couple

Embrace on the tree trunk;

What secrets they hold!

Chickens are hidden

By a jungle of thick leaves;

Just crowing remains.

Dandelion seeds

Float gently on a breeze puff--

Lazy June morning.

A creature scurries

Out of sight to out of sight,

Leaving just its sound.

Sailing through the blue

Hawk is a silent frigate.

(Creatures! Don't look up!)

Absorbing the sun

Green leaves become luminescent

And shed their own light.