Rolled

Close up photo of a yellow rose bud, with tightly wrapped petals.

Roll of fresh bank notes—
happiness for most people;
tightly bound rose bud.

Cycle

Close up photo of a brilliant red rose, with two red rose buds in the background.

My garden rose blooms,
to keep brilliant bees buzzing—
somewhere a heart bleeds.

Almost

Close up photo of the bud of a grevillea flower.

Flowers on the edge:
waiting to burst into song,
dancing into spring.

Built up

Photo of a low-rise building surrounded by trees, as seen from the top floor of a high-rise building.

Puddles of concrete,
blobs of native greenery;
civilisation.

Grevillea

close up photo of a couple of grevillea (spider flower) on the plant — Grevillea, also known as the spider flower

Warm spring afternoon
a rainbow in my backyard:
the spider flower.