Growth

Photo of a tall leaf-less tree with the tips of its limbs touching the electrical cables.

The teenage growth spurt:
trees shoot straight past their parents
twist into cables

Grandmothered

photo of a rugged limbed deciduous tree without many leaves

Wildly-lived old tree
shedding for her winter years—
slender, grandma limbs.

Winter baubles

photo of a bottle brush tree with light pink flowers hanging over a fence, as seen from below with a grey sky in the background

Baubles catch the sun,
bottle brushes in winter;
Christmas in July.

Sunned

Photo of a tall coconut tree on a suburban property, its top bent towards the direction of the sun.

Sways to the wind’s song,
suburban coconut tree
bows to the sun god.

The fall

photo of a suburban street with dissciduos trees on either side, with red leaves on their tops and leaves scattered on the ground

Streets full of red heads
shedding their coats all at once
city pipes gasping.