Tree stance

Close up photo of the base of a tree’s trunk, its stretches visible.

Stretch marks on her trunk:
rewards of rearing the young;
mama stands proudly.

Walk

Photo of a large leafless tree on a cloudy day.

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

Red

Photo of a bunch of red flowers on a tree.

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

Still

Photo of the sky tower in Auckland as seen from below on a partly cloudy day. Tree limbs twist in the foreground with the sun glinting through them.

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

Down Under

Photo of a typical landscape: dry grass, a deep blue sky with green hills in the background, a few gumtrees and kangaroos lazing on the grass.

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