Remember

Photo of a jacaranda tree in full bloom, as seen from under its canopy.

A winter morning
under bare jacarandas:
saluting summer.

Wonder

A jacaranda tree in bloom, its canopy slightly leaning over the road.

The leaning tower:
Adelaide’s summer wonder,
jacaranda blooms.

Grey

Photo of a jacaranda tree in bloom, against a grey and cloudy sky.

This drowsy spring day,
dotting grey skies in purple,
jacaranda blooms.

Paint

photo of jacaranda trees in full bloom with the Opera House in the background

Drops of purple paint;
jacarandas in the rain—
on a bleak canvas.

Ageing

photo of a jacaranda tree by the sidewalk, with its flowers strewn all around it on the ground — Jacaranda, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. Adelaide’s full of them this time of the year.

Shedding luscious locks,
jacarandas in summer,
embrace their baldness.