BENDING IN THE BREEZE

Bending in the breeze

White stalks sway

Flower heads dancing

On a summer day  

THE PEACEFUL VILLAGE

 

The peaceful village

In the frozen valley

Lay quietly beneath

Its winter cloak

SOUTH WESTERN MISSION BELL

 

The Mission bells

Blooming herb

Of the south-western States

With dark purple

Bell-shaped flowers

Mottled with green

SUMMER FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING

 

Summer flowers are blooming

In the scented meadows

Are the sun slowly sets

Lengthening the shadows

THE SUMMER IS ENDING

 

The summer is ending

The flowers are dying

The meadows are still

And the geese are flying

 

NORTH WESTERN MISSION BELLS

 

The Mission bells

Blooming herb

Of the northwestern states

With green-and-purple

Bell-shaped flowers

WHEN THE BURNING SUN SINKS LOW

 

When the burning sun sinks low

Setting the western sky aglow

And the evening shadows grow

This is the time of the amorous beau