yellow jasmine and
daffodils too have I seen
springtime harbingers

poppy progeny
grows where seeds fell from dried pods
as summer drew nigh

tulip foliage
as well as anemones
break ground ‘neath the oak

new leaves appear on
roses that survived the first
hard, too early freeze

This is what the Lord says to me: “I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat…” ~Excerpted passage from Isaiah 18:4  ✝

**All but two images taken by Natalie; collages created by Natalie; haikus written by Natalie