Fresh

close up photo of a thin layer of moss on an old tree stump

Tiny specks of green;
damp tree stump gets a jacket
all glossy—fresh moss.

Flowers

Photo of white-petal flowers strewn on a green lawn., with dried and brown leaves along the edge.

Scattered in our parks
life, dying and decaying—
little white petals.

Litter

photo of a hospital wristband lying on a bed of decaying leaves

Hospital gardens:
good people make bad choices;
littering wristbands.

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