Iridescent sprites probe scarlet petals,
whirr above awakening ceanothus
as orange sunrise blossoms.
Tiny scolds brandish needle beaks,
chirp at territorial invaders,
hector trespassing dogs.
I admire white iris unfolding
along picket fence perimeter.
A hummingbird halo orbits my head.
Jennifer Lagier
Jennifer Lagier lives a block from the Monterey stage where Janis Joplin performed and Jimi Hendrix torched his guitar. She has published nineteen books, in a variety of anthologies and literary magazines, edits the Monterey Poetry Review, helps coordinate Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Second Sunday readings. Website: jlagier.net, Facebook: www.facebook.com/JenniferLagier/
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