Gum

Photos of several gum trees leaning across from each other on an uphill track.

Forever windswept:
leaning into winter days—
evergreen gumtrees.

Bush

Photo of a weak winter sun filtering through pine trees.

Mid-morning bush walk:
winter sun finds hiding spot
between pine needles,

Filtered

Photo of the full moon shining through the branches of a leafless tree, on a cloudy night.

Shining between cracks;
winter sunlight through cupped hands,
moonshine through dead trees.

Evolution

Photo of a large deciduous tree with a bthink layer of fallen leaves around it and a wooden bench beside the tree’s trunk.

Forest has fallen;
yesterday’s leaves, crunchy now,
cushion my journey.

Ask

Close up photo of a cactus with raindrops in its petals.

Petals turned skyward,
please, sir, can I have some more,
plants ask after rain.