Festive

Photo of a Pōhutakawa tree.

Pōhutakawa:
every day feels like Christmas,
walking tree-lined streets.

Loner

Photo of a single, small rose surrounded by green leaves.

A single rose blooms
protected by leaves around
no friends to play with

Paying forward

Photo of a wooden bench with a flower tree above it, in full bloom.

On a warm spring day
raining flowers down on me—
stranger-planted tree.

Painting

Close up photo of a lace bark tree flower on the ground, amongst dry leaves.

Mimics a painting:
watercolours on canvas;
pink flower on leaves.

Full bloom

Close up photo of a bush of purple agapanthus, with a new bud about to emerge.

Like a war, budding
agapanthus aggression—
bursting through summer.