Break

Photo of a hot air balloon hanging afloat in a garden at the Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand — Spotted in Hamilton Garden, New Zealand

Fantasy: respite
in a world of real pain;
surrealist’s garden

Rainbows

Rain’s always worth it—

little rainbows will emerge

lighten up our lives

Bleeding hearts

photo of a sunset in Auckland.

If the blood of innocents
seeped through continental plates,
dripped into our winter sunsets—
would they still be pretty?

Showdown

Photo of Rangitoto Island as seen from an Auckland street.

Pimples on the Earth

sign of boiling rage within;

volcanic showdown

Untarnished

Photo of the New Zealand landscape as seen from the window of a plane.

Blending blissfully
blues of the ocean and sky
untarnished by wars