Solo

Close up photo of a small sunflower with a back ant on one of its petals.

Bravely singular,
an ant on a sunflower
in an empty field.

Slow

close up photo of a sunflower bud

Sun in a flower,
peers gingerly through petals:
slow awakening.

Cloudy

photo of the evening sky with wispy clouds and the smoke of a jet

Clouded with purpose;
swirling wisps of plane’s butt smoke,
summer’s warm night sky.

Settling down

photo of the sun setting behind a large tree and old houses

Behind old concrete,
magnificent retirement—
sun in a time loop.

Demands

photo of a golden retreiver lying on the bed, his paw extended and laying on a human's knee

I’ll give you my paw
even pose for your photo—
rub my belly first.