Bowed

Close up photo of a rose, facing downwards.

Head bowed solemnly;
an existential crisis
overwhelms a rose.

Headbob

Photo of an old and peach tree, many of its old branches snapped away.

Weatherbeaten peach
grooving to the wind’s rhythms:
graceful elder tree.

Shade

Close up photo of a small key lime fruit on the tree, behind its leaves.

Freckled teenager
avoiding direct sunlight:
young lime on its tree.

Flowering peas

Photo of the flowers of sweet peas, climbing on a fence.

Aiming for the skies,
peppered along my garden:
purple drop, sweet peas.

Summer birth

Close up photo of broad beans growing on a plant, with the sun shining through the gaps in the plant.

Pregnant belly swells,
stretching out in the sunshine—
broad beans in labour.