Magnolia
Heading outside for some well-needed Vitamin N; Kim Douillard posted about this necessary vitamin here, and invited us to post photos from our outings. So this post with be a photo ode as well as a poetic one.
To the tune of the lawnmower
and the cardinal at the birdbath,
April harmonizes
and paints the air
with buzzing bees
and wispy contrails.Yesterday, today, and tomorrow flowers
April celebrates Cathy’s birthday;
She shows me how to
stop and smell the flowers.
She names them for me:
“Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
is deep purple yesterday,
violet today,
and white tomorrow.”pineapple guava
April holds a pineapple guava
ripe with red nectar
while the cashmere bouquet
hides its treasure
beneath wing-like leaves.cashmere bouquet
April rains make a gentle waterfall
of a mere coulee, a watering hole
for passing dogs in the park.
April is as I imagine heaven,
bright with new light,
flowing on the breeze
a kite with strings
made of flowers.
Reflections on the Teche 
I will be visualizing April for the rest of the day as you have so beautifully imagined it, Margaret – especially as this: a kite with strings
made of flowers.
What a lovely ending! Beautiful ode to April, Margaret.
“April is as I imagine heaven…”
Yes!