Sprung

Close up photo of raindrops on a rose leaf, with a pink rose in the background.

Raindrops on roses,
clearing skies, shiny rainbows,
pollen flies; spring-ing.

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.

Flown

Close up photo of a bird’s nest, crumbling between the branches of a flower tree.

Fledglings leave the nest,
the last of the twigs crumble:
parents’ duties done.

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.