Banksia

Close up photo of the leaves of a banksia tree. — Banksia, a native Australian tree named after the European botanist, Joseph Banks.

Native wild flora
dotted along city streets—
ode to tourist Banks.

Autumn

Photo of clouds gathering over a tree with autumnal leaves, the sun shining brightly from outside the frame.

All the clouds gather,
ferrying sunshine along
to see leaves blushing.

Foreshadow

Photo of the sun rising from behind the Rio Tinto building (amongst others) in the Perth CBD. — Perth city

The sun shines over
new Rio Tinto building;
calm before the storm.

Easy as

Photo of the Perth CBD at sunrise, empty of people. — Perth city on a Sunday morning.

Echoes of laughter,
the city is hungover;
Sunday morning stroll.

Adventurous

Photo of a tree with its tops in bright autumn colours and leaves in the middle still green.

Newly-found freedom:
hair colour experiments;
autumn is a teen.