backyard maple tree
washes her leafy head
in morning downpour
then towels long hair
to dry in afternoon’s
prairie wind until the
fresh evening petrichor
beckons me outdoors
to pick up fallen sticks;
loose hairs shed after
miss maple’s shampoo.
summer shower
10 Jul 2024 1 Comment
in free verse, imagism Tags: downpour, maple tree, petrichor, rain, sticks, summer, wind
wondrous profusion
09 May 2019 4 Comments
in free verse Tags: celebration, fuchsia, hedonist, petrichor, rainbows, rhododendron, stamen
oh so rhododendron
photo by lynn
welcomes spring
to our front door
by blooming like
a hedonist, full of
fuchsia passion and
exuberant energy,
in wild celebration of
petrichor rainbows
with petaled frills and
stamen explosion!
Sharing with Tweet Speak Poetry where Kellê hosts a “wonder of the world” photo and/or poem prompt during the month of May.
hope not seen
18 May 2017 20 Comments
in list poem, scripture Tags: flame, hope, petrichor, rain, swan, tomato
Sharing with dVerse…fits earlier prompts for list poem and sensory play.
hope smells
like fresh petrichor
of welcome spring rain
hope tastes
like first juicy tomato
of sun-ripened summer
hope sounds
like migration call
of swan o’er autumn field
hope feels
like flickering flame
of log in winter hearth
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
(Romans 8:24-25 ESV)
a poem in my pocket 
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