Ripe

Close up photo of strawberries on a bush, with one strawberry starting to ripen. There’s a single dollop of red in the otherwise green strawberry.

Starting to ripen,
first drop on a plain canvas—
strawberries make art.

Gone

Close up photo of an almond, still intact and on the tree.

Season’s first almond,
as smooth as bearskin carpets—
bird bitten too soon.

Spring

close up photo of a purple flower bud with white micro organisms in the crevices between the petal and the base of the flower — It’s the first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere

Budding garden poised:
hands bowed in pious prayer;
safe home to microbes.

Consistent

Close up photo of a lemon and a few buds on the same branch, as seen from below.

The mature rise up;
learning is perennial—
the young ones watch on.

Distracted

panaromic photo of various pot plans and the photographer's extended feet visible in the corner of the photo

Immersed in life’s joys,
surrounded by potted plants—
I forget: work calls.