Race

Photo of Auckland city, as seen from the top of Mount Eden in Auckland. — Auckland, from Mt. Eden.

We race up mountains

sweating hard to get a high;

driving’s not for all.

Pass

Close up photo of two daisies in a bush, one shrivelled and dying, the other fresh in bloom.

As the old goes out
our world makes way for the new
summer will pass, too

Armour

Close up photo of moss on an oak tree bark.

Thick suit of armour
oak bark wearing week-old moss
faces axe bearers

Feast

Photo of a big bee on a bunch of flowers.

Summer in the south

Christmas and new year parties

even the bees feast

Bound

Photo of a bunch of purple hydrangeas.

Handcuffed together
hydrangea in summertime,
there are no loopholes