Birth

photo of sunflower seedlines in the ground — Sunflowers in the making

Slicing through packed earth,
seeds crack open to first leaves—
children of the sun.

Survivor

close up photo of a pink rose in my garden surounded by grass weeds

In sunshine and rain,
amongst resilient weeds,
perseveres a rose.

Empty

close up photo of the hollow space inside a bamboo plant after it's been cut horizontally — Cross-section of a bamboo plant

Inside all of us,
hollow spaces full of void—
we are bamboozled.

Canvas

photo of a row of bamboo plants, all scratched and carved with initials and random words — People leaving their mark on the Adelaide Botanical Garden

Tall dark and handsome,
clumper of bamboos await
human graffiti.

Attractive

photo of spider flowers, also called grevillia, a native tree of Australia

Laws of attraction:
drawing in those who pass by—
flowering spiders.