Mimosa Blossom Time

cicada chorus
July's music begins again
ascend recede pause

under mimosa
fragrance sweetens gray oak leaves
on a fallen branch

weeds in paving stones
fallen mimosa flower
a dragonfly wing

weeding garden path
roly-poly ambles off,
worm writhes, snail pauses

tiny mimosa
in a shallow bonsai pot
shoots up a tall stem

green fronds curve below
brown wands stab all directions
lily blooms long gone

perched near their nest
tiny-winged fledgling sparrows
incessantly cheep

I perch on porch swing
dove nests in hanging fern pot
companionably

night in the garden
moisture saturates hot air
flashing of fireflies