LADIES IN WAITING


Sweet dogwood bridesmaids
and tulip tree
sweet cherry blossom
pink royalty


Crabapple's blossom
its fragrance sweet
its fruit though bitter
yields jellied treat







Here come the brides now
Bradford Pears in
puffy white gowns
like crinoline

Gracing traveled lanes
pastel colors
in bright profusion,
Winter's dolors

seem but illusion
our hearts now wake
from frozen slumber
new steps to take

trusting gentle maids
in flowered gowns
bid us to follow
to summer's crown