January 2011

twilight -
a stream cascades
from view

autumn shelter -
a morepork's call leads me
into the night

serval, otter,
buffalo and emu -
summer rain

Ruaumoko -
an unborn child kicks
against shadows

summer romance
going up in flames -
paper roses

bikini girls ...
so many butterflies
pressed into skin

cicada chorus -
summer overflows
with sounds of praise

overkill -
possum introductions
to a virgin land

the high price
of a cicada's silence -
summer sale

blemished moon
shining on the wrinkles
of the sea

boiling mud ...
even rocks may be
renewed

hui tanguru
surf laps my midriff
beyond my return

cicada
your ascent into song
all one imagines

summer garden ...
my nose wrinkles
in the pond

summer heat -
active directory
on a break

Waitangi Day ...
kauris grow past oaks
in silence

rock pool ...
the old man waits
on his own

ancient tree ...
within the shadows
an apple rots

bowing down
an agapanthus bloom ...
summer fullness

tidal debris --
the ebb and flow
of words

cicadas
grind away the silence ...
ripples on the pond

cricket season -
pale apparitions
in the sun

summer's end ...
juice of an elephant heart
drips from her lips

sixty-one summers ...
the stain of blackberries
his offering

wedding cups ...
within each one
the other

unfurling
within this stillness
summer clouds

billowing colour ...
the swish of her dress
at dawn

summer thirst
rain clouds settle
on my beer

first light
for many a haiku ...
sticky note

karakia
rising and falling ...
whaitere