The Light of Love

Evening Light, September 2022

A listening friend

brings the light of love into

this September day

Collected Here

Collaged Cigar Bands, September 2022

 His memories of

laughter-filled, soulful evenings

are collected here

* An art project for my husband that started with a clear glass ashtray and stack of cigar bands collected over many nights in the company of good friends. The art work on each label is intricate and beautiful.  

Something bends

 

Backyard Rose, September 2022

Something bends inside

and the trusted stem gives way, 

but not forever

Soaking

Swamp Milkweed, September 2022

 

'Tis the season for

tiny tangerine blooms to 

soak in sunlit grace

 

Joy

Magnolia Seedpod, September 2022

 

No one can contain

the joy of a hundred trees

waiting for their hour

A Sweet Fiesta

Pride of Barbados, September 2022

 

Flowers on fire

draw neighborhood bees in for 

a sweet fiesta 

Sink into a nest

Public Mural at Saint Arnold Brewery, September 2022
Houston, Texas

 

Sink into a nest

where possibilities sing

and dreams learn to fly

Opening Collect

Rock Rose, September 2022

 

Join her morning prayer,

opening to the Light of Lights

who calls us by name

The Afternoon Light

China Berry Branch, September 2022

The afternoon light

falls into the curled edges

of golden green leaves

Both, and

Landrum Prayer Chapel Door, September 2022
Memorial Drive UMC

 

Light shines outside in

and yet another light shines

from the inside out

Remember

Closed Rock Rose, September 2022

 

Welcome the evening

remember and celebrate 

the bloom of today

Blessing

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis, September 2022

 

Your sunset brilliance

grows more vibrant day by day,

bless your unfolding

In every season

The red spider lily

also called the hurricane lily

is dazzling in the morning light

a call to be truly alive

 in every season.

Not Yet

Trumpet Vine, September 2022

Orange flowers are spent

their golden casings remain

not yet quieted

Sing

Angel Trumpet, September 2022

Drink your fill of rain

befriend the rising moon, and

sing your song at dawn

Low Tide

Galveston, September 2022

Walking the shoreline

our hearts take on the rhythm

of the rolling waves

Wash

 

Shoreline Mandela, September 2022
Galveston, Texas

Wash over my heart

great tide of love, and let peace

arrive on the wave

A Wild Bouquet

Cone Flower and Salvia, September 2022

 A wild bouquet

gathered by late summer green

a gift for the bees

*The honey bees and bumble bees have been especially active since the rain has made everything come into fresh bloom.