Dogwood

All the show-off cast of the landscape have rushed onto the Spring.
Forsythia, Lilacs and magnolia,
Ornamental pear and the bright blue petites gushing under the neon green ground-cover.

And when they are done bragging,
The dogwood comes.

The one outside the kitchen window is my favorite.
Having been tortured by the grapevines
(nearly pulled to the earth in the vines mad climb)
Like a Bonsai on my hill,
I cut it free and keep it clear now.
Even though it is permanently crippled and bent
It rewards me with its Geisha bow
And silken bloom.