Commute

Photo of Rangitoto island as seen from the window of a bus.

Modern commuter
the day dawns over traffic
breakfast in a bus

Point of view

Photo of an a large apartment building, painted in yellow and green.

Yellow shoeboxes
high-density housing scheme
single mum’s dream home

Traffic cones

Photo of a row of road cones by the sidewalk.

Sat on our sidewalks
modern city traffic guards
orange traffic cones

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.

Park

Photo of large trees, their leaves turning colour and dropping, with a mirror way overhead in the far distance.

Walking by a park;
above, the motorway roars—
below, some leaves crunch.