Spray

Photo of a person standing on a rock in Takapuna Bea in Auckland, looking over at Rangitoto Island, at sunrise.

I face the morning
golden sunrise warms my soul
sea spray on my lips

Crashing

Photo of a beach with large rocks on its shore, from the view of a photographer sat on those rocks.

Hours by the sea shore;
waves crash on shimmering rocks:
silence in the mind.

Showing off

Photo of a South Australian beach in other a single four-wheel drive car facing the photographer, with the water on the left side of the driver.

A movie hero
strutting to his own music—
big car on a beach.

Storm

Photo of dark clouds gathering on a beach, with a small group of surfers in the distance standing on the shore.

The surfers convene:
brewing up a thunderstorm,
shady clouds gather.

Fear

photo of the beach, with a person's foot in the foreground, covered in sand

Sand between my toes
a lifetime’s waves in my eyes—
fear dividing us.