1. Ah, Pedagogy; Relevance and Agency; Brighter Future, Hope!

2. Delicate tulips / lie tattered, discarded by / grazing urban deer.

3. Delicate tulips / lie tattered, stems crushed, destroyed / Urban deer ate here

4. Sinuous muscles / slink closer - sudden spring - death. / Hungry young will eat

5. Rippling muscles wait, / tremble. Silent predator / slinks closer - pounce - death.

6. Tense muscles vibrate / Slinks silently closer - pounce / Jaws crunch - instant death!

7. Coiled energy, stealth / Slink closer - sudden spring - death ! / Hungry cubs will eat

8. Ominous, roiling / clouds threaten. Still air. Silence./ Lightning flashes - storm!

9. Coiled energy, stealth. Slinks closer, sudden spring - death ! Hungry cubs will eat

10. Tense muscles vibrate. Slinks silently closer - pounce ! Jaws crunch - instant death

11. Coloured leaves falling Wistful winds whisk them away Black waves of starlings [Winner]

12. The moist and damp soil, Light flower scent, musky earth, Life stirs once again

13. New buds wake on trees, Morning dew clings to branches, Fresh scent fills the air.

14. Like Spring, gone is dark. New, the bright hope and promise. Face change, onward. [Winner]