Dreamer

Photo of a gnarly old pepper tree with a twisted trunk.

Twisting on itself
the magic faraway tree,
poses for dreamers.

Weeds

Close up photo of white sorrel flowers on the ground.

Gathering of weeds,
basking in the spring sunshine,
colonise footpaths.

Approval

Close up photo of three-cornered leeks, facing downwards.

Seeking approval,
looking demurely downwards—
three-cornered leek blooms.

Promotion

Close up photo of a rose in a bush with several other roses around it.

A sea of roses
at the top of their careers
waiting to be picked.

Still

Photo of the sky tower in Auckland as seen from below on a partly cloudy day. Tree limbs twist in the foreground with the sun glinting through them.

The city is still,
from ashes branches protrude
bare from winter’s bite.