Secrets

Photo of two tombstones in a cemetery with trees and plants around them.

Chamber of the dead;
while life bustles overhead,
entomb old secrets.

Jam

photo of a line of traffic cones by the road side in Auckland city

Casting nasty spells
witches hats on the side street
holding up traffic

Corporate ladder

Photo of a sky jumper halfway down on a jump from the top of the Sky Tower in Auckland, as seen from inside the building with the Auckland skyline in the background.

We think we are brave
craving to climb to the top—
too scared to jump down.

Tourist

Photo of Auckland’s Sky Tower, lit up in multiple colours at sunset, along with the traffic on the motorway below.

A city decks up
lights, camera, and action—
tourists drop their jaws.

Shake

Close up photo of a map of New Zealand’s South Island in the foreground and the North Island in the background.

Shaking fat fingers,
humans seek to achieve big—
earth shakes; we’re done for.