Watch out

Close up photo of a black cat looking sideways at the camera.

Infamous side eye:
mother’s warning to her child;
black cat’s to human.

Survival

Close up photo of some mushrooms on the foot of a pine tree, with pine straw scattered over them.

Forests or alleys,
though buried under rubble,
life will find a way.

Lingering

Photo of a suburban street with yellowing trees on either side.

Lingering autumn;
an aisle of yellowing trees,
resistant to change.

Cloudy

Photo of a cloudy sky, and a row of Norfolk Island pine trees in the far distance, as seen from the beach.

If clouds were forests,
would humans harvest them too,
once the land is bare?

Expectations

Photo of a road with an aisle of Norfolk Island pine trees on either side.

Lengthy lines of pines,
rainy winter afternoons;
promise of mushrooms.