Bird

Photo of autumn leaves on a branch, with the tree’s branches coming in from the left side of the photo.

Tiny, red, bird-like;
migrating for the winter:
leaves flying off trees.

Being

Close up photo of a white daisy.

Lining my sidewalk,
seeks no appreciation—
a daisy just is.

Wild

Photo of an aloe vera bush.

Kraken of the earth,
monstrous prickly tentacles:
wild aloe vera.

Grass

Close up photo of a blade of ornamental grass with the sun setting behind it.

Ornamental grass
glisten in the setting sun;
fountains on sidewalks.

Flowering gum

Close up photo of the leaves of a flowering gumtree.

Wise old eucalypt
doesn’t cry over dead branches—
it only flowers.