Spring Gardens (Alberta)

1.

tulip tepals

colours of sunrise

bathe the ground

warm the spirit

2.

crocus stavius

unfold your plum petals

so I may taste

of your saffron

3.

golden dandelion

so maligned

but precious gifts

for bees and babes

4.

grape hyacinth

a legion of teeny

pudgy indigo faces

puckering for a kiss

5.

iris versicolor

exquisite robed matron

chin raised lips parted

gossips in the garden

6.

tiger lily

roars from the ground

demands attention

in her fiery glory

(c) Elvira Berezowsky