In an old clay pot
 
a tuberous begonia
 
flaunts three scarlet blooms.

Bargain

 
 
 

Sunflower seller,
 
will you give me a bargain
 
on six dozen blooms?

Almond

 
 

first week of autumn—
 
remembering the almond
 
and its veil of blooms

Split

 
 
 

Near the backyard fence
 
a plum tree split by lightning
 
still blooms every spring.

Magnolia

 
 
 

my magnolia tree—
 
a decade after planting
 
still waiting for blooms

Sunflower

 
 

ramshackle houses
 
sagging by the railroad track—
 
a sunflower blooms