Wednesday, May 21, 2025

In Mid-May


Scents of lilac colors of columbine lavender purple 
beside a path strewn with cedar chips sun bleached
between rhododendrons some already bloomed

Fresh white blossoms beneath an early flowering bush
shriveled red blossoms near another like blood 
while multi-hued buds unfurl on an even later bush

Lush lemon-size green buds unfurling gold sheaths
enclosing gorgeous, upturned kiss-pursed red lips
becoming melon-size many stalked blossoms basking in the sun

Persimmon leaves are paler green than the walnut tree
rhododendron leaves another shade of green
holly leaves are dark with endpoint imagery 

A fountain where fortune grants free wishes
which free range crows with no saliva needing water 
pollute with peanut shells


Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
                         2025

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