Kid

Photo of a group of goats standing atop a mountain, feasting on tree saplings on the mountain.

Kids on a mountain,
snapping tree saplings in half;
mischievous is youth.

Glide

Photo of scattered clouds at sunrise on Swan Lake in Perth, with a swan gliding on it.

Scattering of clouds:
waters slice through the sunrise
lone swan glides along.

River

From up in the sky
like the limbs of the lazy,
stretches our river.

Qantas

Grinning at the sun,
slicing through the horizon—
a kangaroo hops.

Ready

Photo of a row of Qantas airplanes parked on the apron at the airport.

The fleet is ready;
apron’s wrapped around, tied up—
let Christmas begin.