The Gardens of May

The garden now
 recovering from winter's barren ice cold
 begins to grow in April rain showers;
lush with a multitude of greens
 a grace of earthen decor releases colors
 and scents floating in the breeze.
Seaweed brightens into pickled crocodiles
 while juniper moss proliferates 
 to olive sage pears;
shamrock green glisten like emeralds 
 in the chartreuse lime mints
 each wafting on the breath of lilacs.
Lily of the valley peek up
 rushing in on heavy laden dew
 as honeysuckle blossoms aromatize the fields,
a sea of lavender dances between mayapple and pear
 where wild mustard clusters in the in between
 with white, yellow, purpled violets rising everywhere.
May is born anew
 a spring blushing in the shadowed light
 picture perfect awakening the garden in May.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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