Grey

Photo of a jacaranda tree in bloom, against a grey and cloudy sky.

This drowsy spring day,
dotting grey skies in purple,
jacaranda blooms.

Home

Photo of dead gum tree barks against a cloudless blue sky.

I watch the gums be,
embracing the cloudless sky,
owning their country.

Trees of life

Photo of the Western Australia landscape as seen from the window of a plane. Green forests appear as patches in the desert.

Tiny blobs of life
coloured green, outside the lines,
trees keep us nourished.

Day after

Photo of the afternoon sun shining through the canopy of a fruit tree.

Peering through the trees,
promising a better day—
sun after the storm.

Headbob

Photo of an old and peach tree, many of its old branches snapped away.

Weatherbeaten peach
grooving to the wind’s rhythms:
graceful elder tree.