Storm coming

Photo of Currumbin beach in the Gold Coast, taken from the rocks at dusk with dark and stormy clouds gathering in the distant horizon.

Dark clouds amassing:
surfers moan and tourists groan;
storm chasers rejoice.

Alas,

photo of three morning glory flowers on the footpath

The three musketeers
flowering, seek adventure—
sprayed by passing dogs.

King cat

photo of a black cat standing on a bed's mattress

I strut on your bed,
walking over your REM sleep—
hail your feline king.

Sharing

peeling trunk of a large paperbark tree as seen from below

Old tree sheds its bark
sharing itself with the earth—
enriches new life.

Chook

close up photo of a chicken looking at the camera, her beak and eye prominent

Our roles are reversed:
chicken glares at me, hungry,
for I feed her tribe.