Flown

Close up photo of a bird’s nest, crumbling between the branches of a flower tree.

Fledglings leave the nest,
the last of the twigs crumble:
parents’ duties done.

Spring

Photo of lush grasslands, with a creek running through it and tall gumtrees around it. — Spring is here.

Sun shines; cloudless sky,
lush grass wave at passers by—
I sneeze all the way.

Recipe for success

Close up photo of a bowl of dried peas, and empty pea pods along the edge of the bowl.

All we ever need,
are peace, love, and vegetables—
better if homegrown.

Gone

Setting sun visible through garden tree canopies.

Watering our plants,
we look over the fencing—
the day got away.

Gone

Close up photo of an almond, still intact and on the tree.

Season’s first almond,
as smooth as bearskin carpets—
bird bitten too soon.