Bliss

A group of tall gum trees in the morning. The sun’s first rays shine on the top half of the trees.

Early morning gums,
sunshine’s kiss on their foreheads,
cherry on ice cream.

Rising high

photo of three tall buildings, one still under construction, in Perth city

Human obsessions:
infiltrating glass ceilings
and ozone layers.

Dying

close up photo of a freshly-fallen lacebark flower on a bed of dried, old leaves

Angelic flower
lays on a bed of autumn
disintegrating.

Wrapped

close up photo of a white magnolia flower in a sunny day, its petals curled

Wrapped up in itself,
curling in the winter sun—
garden magnolia.

Yogi

Close up photo of the bud of a native hibiscus.

A flower, content,
retreating into child’s pose,
fades away slowly.