Auckland

photo of the Mount Eden domain of Auckland as seen from the first row at the top level of a double-decker bus. — Mt. Eden, one of Auckland’s volcanic mountains, in the distance.

Double decker bus
volcanoes at eye level
Auckland from the top

Big

Photo of the shadow of a person standing by the railings at top of a volcanic crater, looking down.

We like a big life
to live on edge looking down
forget we are small.

Power

Photo of Rangitoto island and the Auckland landscape, as seen from One Tree Hill.

Volcanic island
powerfully destructive
drop in the ocean

Chariots

Photo of a sign board on the base of the One Tree Hill. The sign reads, “No buses beyond this point.”

Huffing I walk up;
no chariots to heaven
or volcanic hills.

Worship

Photo of Auckland’s One Tree Hill peak in the background and a grassy bush in the foreground, on a partly cloudy day.

Sways a blade of grass
worshipping the mountain peak;
the sun huffs, jealous.