Best Furled Poems

The red salvia colors our lawn,
Later their flags are withdrawn
As the winter arrives and destroys
Innocent, red-flower joys....

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his furled brow
snowfall not letting up
shovel on standby




Posted on February 24, 2019...

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One orchid blossom opens;
The rest stay tightly furled.
Yet isn’t that the way that life
Unfolds within the world?

The possibles may tease us
So we watch and wait and hope
As we try to gain some purchase
Up our lifespan’s slip’ry slope.

The orchid by the window, 
Water, air and sunshine-fed,
Still...

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