On edge

close up photo of a bird's nest partly destroyed, and hanging onto a branch if a flower tree

Shadow of a home
hangs on a branch by a thread;
calm after the storm.

Unmatched

Photo of a tall, lone gumtree in a carpark with lamp posts lining the sidewalk.

No competition;
looking down on the lamp posts,
gumtree swings its leaves.

Alight

Photo of the summer sunset, with the silhouette of a house and a jacaranda tree in the foreground.

Highlight of the day:
sun setting the sky on fire;
summer silhouettes.

Rise

Photo of a plane’s wing as it lands, with the wing flaps engaged.

Stretching lazy limbs,
cracking joints and waking up,
overnight plane lands.

Olde

Close up photo of a bonsai tree, established in 1963.

Lifetime’s worth of growth
compacted in every inch—
ancient bonsai tree.