Heavy

photo of a a shadow of a person seated on a park bench

We watch our shadows,
fall heavily on the land—
don’t see the impacts.

Olde

close up photo of a blue gum tree's scarred bark

Scruffy, gnarly, beard,
skin peeling around edges,
grandfather gumtree.

Stance

photo of two Moreton bay fig trees, with their wide, strong barks in the centre of the frame — Moreton bay fig trees

Explodes from hard earth,
commanding the air around,
Moreton bay fig.

Pose

photo of a group of trees by the river

Accomplished dancers,
posing by the water’s edge—
river red gum limbs.

Await

photo of paper bark trees by the Swan river, with dark clouds gathering above — Paperbark trees by the Swan river in Perth

Rolling clouds gather,
wind blowing leaves asunder—
paperbarks stand by.