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.

Away

Photo of the traffic on the Auckland motorway at sunset as seen from an over bridge.

Sunset show begins;
we’re all going away
as far as we can.

Beetle

Photo of a yellow and black beetle on a pencil, walking towards the hand holding the pencil. The fingers of the hand are visible in the photo.

I am a beetle
trawling to a friendly hand;
lets me down gently.