Worship

Photo of Auckland’s One Tree Hill peak in the background and a grassy bush in the foreground, on a partly cloudy day.

Sways a blade of grass
worshipping the mountain peak;
the sun huffs, jealous.

Fenced

Photo of Rangitoto island as seen through some wire fence posts on One Tree Hill.

From behind fence posts
we engage with our nature
too scared to approach.

Sides

Photo of a fern plant with vibrant green leaves, and one leaf flipped over and silvery white.

Stays hidden mostly,
another side of ourselves;
a gale hits, leaf flips.

Halo

Photo of a large tree in the morning, with the sun forming a halo behind its top edge.

Majestically
cypress glows in the morning
sun as her halo.

Oldies

Photo of a row of deciduous trees with golden-yellow leaves, outside a hospice.

Trees in transition:
shedding weight, going golden,
outside the hospice,