bulb flowers grow in bunches
daffodils stand like soldiers
in little clusters
year after year
scattered through the woods
guarding their flanks
these April flowers
seem fierce and determined
cherry blossom exploding
against stark black branch
few leaves lending gentle
green to offer cover
my favorite always have been
the happy armies of
nodding blue among the grass
tumbling down hillside
and across lawn
scilla siberica
squib flower rampant
my feral coat of arms
in the brightening spring