Soak

Photo of a tall gum tree, the golden colour of the sunset on it. — Gum tree at sunset

Soaking up sunshine
basking in the winter glow
gum trees in the park

Leafless

Photo of a row of leafless trees in a park as seen through the window of a bus.

Long and lanky ghosts
standing still outside my bus
brittle and leafless

Insomniac

Photo of the moon nestled between the branches of leafless trees, se against a vibrant blue sky.

Sky brings on the blues
not a single cloud in sight
insomniac moon

Trees

Photo of a row of large leafless trees by the footpath in a park, photographed before sunrise.

Giant-limbed monsters
early mornings in the park
terrified of trees.

Try hard

Photo of a suburban street with green native trees and a single deciduous tree with vibrant red leaves.

People try too hard
to stand out from the others
unlike autumn trees