Palms

photo of a row of Mexican palm trees with sunset colours fading behind them

Swallowing our sun,
giant monsters at twilight:
Mexican fan palms.

Veins

photo of a tree, its slender branches sprawled

Tiny veins stretch out,
ferrying life throughout earth—
a network of trees.

Hormones

Photo of the Rangitoto Island as seen from Mission Bay, Auckland. — Rangitoto Island, as seen from Mission Bay, Auckland.

Angry pimples burst;
hormonal Mother Earth:
volcanoes galore.

At war

Photo of a partly cloudy morning, with the sun filtering through the clouds and the Auckland Sky City in the background.

A feud in the skies—
the sun at war with the clouds,
both seek the spotlight.

Reclaim

Photo of a large tree’s branches ground around a lamp post, pushing into it.

Timber v. metal:
ancient trees reclaim their space,
snuffing out our lights.