Uprising

Canberra's iconic Telstra Tower, as seen from below, through a thin eucalypt tree grove — Canberra’s iconic Telstra Tower

Dead matter rising
invigorated by earth
monumental growth

In time

a tree bark and branches without

Seasonal baldness,
cold spine, weak limbs, comes to all,
trees age gracefully.

Watchmen

leafless trees on the sidewalk on a rainy, cloudy day

Skeletons sulking
popping up on every street
cold winter morning

Lightness

full moon as seen through the window on an early sp — Crisp spring morning

I wake up to light,
spilling into dreary eyes,
through my window, moon.

New age

photo of a bald tree with more branches on the left side and only a couple on the right

Chic, modern hairdo,
bold, side-parted sprawling trunk,
bald but beautiful.