Walk

Big trees come alive
caffeinated by the wind
a spring afternoon.

Red

Little red blossom
sat atop a mountain tree
far from scissor hands.

The city is still,
from ashes branches protrude
bare from winter’s bite.

Cloudless deep blue skies;
quintessential down under:
parched kangaroo grass.

A three-month labour;
Mother Nature persevered,
to give birth to spring.

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Today, 1 September, is the first day of the Australian spring.