Showing posts with label Blue Flag Iris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Flag Iris. Show all posts

Monday, July 6, 2015

Soft Parade



Traveling
along this trail of words,
alert among present circumstances,
looking
into secret chambers
of spring wildflowers.



The red and yellow crowns
of Wild Columbine,
and the perky
Blue Flag Iris,
its feet wading
the edge of wetlands.






Wild Geraniums and Honeysuckle
of May
begin to fade away
as Sweet Clover 
and Cinquefoil
take the June stage.






Walking outdoors through
transitions and transformations,
noticing
continuous changes,
daily differences,
miracles by the moment.

Will you witness
this pageant of natural beauty?
Will you observe
this procession of creation?
Will you join this
soft and silent parade?

Is there time
in one of your days
to follow 
this trail of words,
to enter 
these secret chambers? 
© 2015 Richard Havenga






You may also enjoy: Woodland's Royal Crown June 8, 2012  - also about Wild Columbine.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

give



hoping her prayers would
rise
to blend with those of the angels
she believed in


waiting for the flowers
in her patient garden to
bloom
so she could collect a bouquet to


give
to her husband
dying too young
with so much love left to

give

© 2015 Richard Havenga






Blue Flag Iris - Iris versicolor