Iris in Gethsemane

The Iris-Lilies in Gethsemane
With wings uplifted cheered the Master's soul
And bade Him look to Heaven's Empery
Where wounds are healed and spirit is made whole;                              
For there among their beauty all divine
Calmly He prayed, "Thy will be done, not mine."

The American Bard
Hon. Mention in Bard's Iris Contest

Down a Rainbow Path

When moonlight drapes her cloak of gossamer
About the earth upon a summer night,
Then Iris trips adown a rainbow path
To linger in my garden, in delight
Caressing every wing-uplifted flower;                                          
At dawn returning to her heavenly bower.

Third in Lloyd Austin's Iris Contest