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.

Paper

cropped photo of the Australian citizenship document, featuing only the coat of arms, the text Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Citizenship Act, 2007, and Australian Citizenship

A piece of paper;
all humanity is bound
by art, words, and ink.

Consistent

Close up photo of a lemon and a few buds on the same branch, as seen from below.

The mature rise up;
learning is perennial—
the young ones watch on.