Bean

Close up photo of a broad bean plant, with dried flowers and tiny bean pods. — Broad beans

Pretty flowers die
as tiny bean pods emerge—
spring has done its job.

Winter crop

Close up photo of a single chile that’s been grown in winter. The chile is long and creased heavily at the top, with ridges in its stem resembling a pair of eyes.

Unseasonal growth
bringing unsavoury looks
cold weather chile

Oldest

Close up photo of a yellow and purple flower in a bush.

Leads by example:
the flower first to blossom
amidst bush of buds.

Host

Close up photo of a spider web between a leaves of a cactus plant.

Spider makes her home
between the grooves of cactus—
house plant becomes host.

Return

Close up photo of a pink rose on the bush.

Roses have returned:
winter showers didn’t drown them
nor my pruning kill.