You love redbuds, dogwoods

and woodland iris,

flowers of spring,

time of your birth,

the birds and waters

of this brook,

the fern carpet

and lacey canopy,

with wood nymph

and fairy likeness

you skip these stones,

leaving behind your winter

and embracing

rebirth.

These brilliant looks at spring time in Appalachia are photos by my lovely, talented daughter. She has a simple camera but does wonderful things with it.

Ignore the dates…they’re all wrong! These apple trees are in full bloom NOW! The Forsythia and plums have waned but are still wearing a few colors.

 A week of earthworms

held in black soil,

craddled in my palm

and placed

where strawberries grow

and bulbs are buried deep

for mid-summer’s revival.

Tonight it rains.

Tomorrow

I leave Eden.