Neat

photo of tall trees along a foot path by a river

Ready to impress:
first day of school, kids lined up;
straight-backed, lake front trees.

Reciprocation

photo of a melaleuca tree with a twisted trunk, stood by the foreshore in Perth

World’s twisted logic:
humans allow trees to live;
they respond in kind.

Stay

Perth south foreshore with lots of footprints on the sand and north Perth across the ocean — South foreshore, Perth

We wander this earth
leaving harsh footprints in time—
some don’t fade away.

Sunbathing

photo of the afternoon sun on a large white gum tree by the lake in Perth

It’s feeding season,
long limbs stretch out to the sun—
riverside white gum.

Oldie

photo of a large tree by a lake

Neighbourhood giant,
silently filters our air—
hundred-year-old tree.