Bowed

Close up photo of a rose, facing downwards.

Head bowed solemnly;
an existential crisis
overwhelms a rose.

Day after

Photo of the afternoon sun shining through the canopy of a fruit tree.

Peering through the trees,
promising a better day—
sun after the storm.

Sprung

Close up photo of raindrops on a rose leaf, with a pink rose in the background.

Raindrops on roses,
clearing skies, shiny rainbows,
pollen flies; spring-ing.

Headbob

Photo of an old and peach tree, many of its old branches snapped away.

Weatherbeaten peach
grooving to the wind’s rhythms:
graceful elder tree.

Shade

Close up photo of a small key lime fruit on the tree, behind its leaves.

Freckled teenager
avoiding direct sunlight:
young lime on its tree.