Teachers

photo of pine trees as seen from below

Look up to grownups;
aiming high, heads in the clouds—
pines know how to thrive.

Magic

close up photo of a small toadstool with a few pine needles above and around it

Hides unassuming,
beneath piles of pine needles:
magic of the world.

Rain

close up photo of a few pine needles on the tree, with rain droplets between them

Rain drenches parched land,
filling spaces between breaths;
gaps in pine needles.