Not trees

Photo of the Auckland Sky Tower flanked on all sides by tall trees.

Boxing our thoughts in
we build fences around us
but we are not trees.

Raincoats

Photo of the Auckland Sky Tower and the motorway traffic on a rainy, grey day as seen from the top floor of an apartment building.

The weather descends,
shrouds our city in grim hope,
still raincoats rejoice.

Blotchy

Photo of the top of Sky Tower with a row of green trees in front of it and white wispy clouds in the background.

Blotchy white patches,
watercolours on canvas—
night clouds glow with rain.

Jam

photo of a line of traffic cones by the road side in Auckland city

Casting nasty spells
witches hats on the side street
holding up traffic

Tourist

Photo of Auckland’s Sky Tower, lit up in multiple colours at sunset, along with the traffic on the motorway below.

A city decks up
lights, camera, and action—
tourists drop their jaws.