Azaleas mauve in bright profusion

First blossoms in my dormant garden

Rain and sun have worked their fusion

To wake this shrub from hibernation

Others have crocus  and daffodil

Forsythia magnolia and Hyacinth

To signal spring and winters fill

The azalea flags my spring’s dalliance 

At long last winter’s finally gone

Dreary dull and monochrome

The bright mauve blossoms all alone

Promise August’s luxuriant biome