Category: Rose’s Blog

  Midsummer Vespers  Darkness settles after eight, So the oak leaves look like Shadowy clouds. The evening star is out, And below it, a

 MARGARET IN MAY  She was born in May when the bearded iris Were in bloom and the woodland wildflowers Blossomed all along Shoal

 In the still summer Night, gentle moonlight falls on The cherry blossoms.  Summer rain sprinkles      The ripe cherries and sneaks through     Â

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​In some places, there is still snow, Piled up by the side of the road, dirty and Grungy. White patches gleam on the distant hills,

    ​You are a dancing child! You waltz And weave through twenty-eight Short days, and even you have no Notion which way you will

  ​Sudden Seeing   Bright Jupiter and Winter’s full moon crown the sky And glisten on the sea.   There is no dead of winter.

  Bright sunlight follows Winter morning rain. Drops cling To the red ginger. The four weeks before Christmas are a joyful time of planning and

  ​In November, soft Rain comes to Honolulu With a huge rainbow. Every autumn, when November arrives, my first thought is Thanksgiving. I love this

    ​Oleander Days   Autumn calls from a distance As the oleanders still bloom That deep pink that makes us think That summer’s vestige