Grounded

Photo of the branches of a gumtree

Diverging branches,
young heads buried in the clouds,
roots deeply grounded

Awakening

Photo of the Jerrabomberra lake with a metal plaque in front of it. The plaque has a poem about sunset and black swans.

A word of caution
sleeping poetics awake
sunset by the lake

Fighter

Closeup photo of a dandelion

Breaking through surface
stronger than high-power drills
tiny unarmed seed

Time out

Photo of a tree’s extended branches as seen from underneath it.

Awning overhead—
picnic on a cold spring morn—
foreshadows warm days

Untidy

Photo of a tree with leafless branches.

Tangled greasy mess
ignored as doll’s knotted hair
spring starved lakeside trees.