Moonlighting

Photo of the Soy Tower in Auckland as seen through a canopy of trees, along with a nearly-full moon.

Lighting our city
glowing down from a great height
Sky Tower moonlights

Cake

Photo of lush green mountains in New Zealand

Multi-layer cake;
land of volcanic mountains,
folds in on itself.

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.

Fit

photo of New Zealand's landscape as seen from the window of a plane

Like a Lego world
slotting into each other
earth’s tectonic plates.

Bold

photo of an old, tall tree with its branches spread out wide

Ancient gatekeeper
glaring down at trespassers—
bold tree, her head high.