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.

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,

Slow life

photo of a main road in Auckland city on a cloudy Sunday morning, with two buses and very little traffic on the road

Winter storm rolls in;
sleepily our town awakes—
leaves fall unhurried.

Sharing

Photo of a fern drowning on the bark of an old tree.

In symbiosis
sharing knowledge and life breath
Mum and epiphyte

Cheers

Photo of a scene from the 2004 movie, Layer cake. In the scene, Daniel Craig, as XXXX, and his friend sit drinking whisky and XXXX says, “And you find peace with guns?” as seen on the subtitles.

It’s under control;
the stories we tell others
help us sleep at night.