gala

The goddess inside this temple used to be male.There are also sixty divinities of time.
Photo: Lin Fa (Lotus) Temple, Tai Hang, Hong Kong

two in the air

Two friends are flying today, taking, making
a holiday, and I wish them safety
and joy and all things beautiful.
Photo: Metal structure, Northpoint, Hong Kong

one

We are one.
Photo: Cone, Hong Kong

gold on gold

Golden trees receiving sun.
Photo: Lichen on trees, Hong Kong

clean and clear

Here we are, near the end of a year.

A time to clean, clear, lighten, brighten.
Photo: P's washing machine, Lantau, Hong Kong

petals on plaid

Like a bright day table
for a long slow brunch on plaid.
Photo: At Bethanie, Hong Kong

tree lace

A tree to trace, eye along
the line, the lace
Photo: Frangipani, Hong Kong

I believe

I believe in us.
Photo: Bethanie arch, Hong Kong

feel, feeling

Holidays are coming and I feel
like watching, feeling, movies.
Photo: Audience and performance,
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2011

merry clips

Merry things, merry clips.
Photo: Downstairs from my Tai Hang home, Hong Kong

pinky-purple

I wonder if the pee of the people who lived here was also pinky-purple!
Photo: King Yin Lei, a mansion in Hong Kong

x

Kiss the sky.
Photo: A festival in my Hong Kong neighbourhood

wet purple

A wet purple star.
Photo: In a garden, New Zealand

why can't we enter?

I want a pair of scissors.
Photo: Oil Street Complex, Hong Kong
The seaside site was recently sold to a conglomerate.
A hotel will come. In the 1990s, the Complex was a site for artists.

slow ground

The 'slow' has been staked.
Photo: Oil Street Complex, Hong Kong

city squares

Let us count the beauty we see
every day, and let us make
more.
Photo: from the Mid-Levels escalator, Hong Kong

getting in the mood

Three trees getting in the mood.
Photo: Near a hotel in Tai Hang, Hong Kong

something's coming

I wonder what this woman is thinking.
Feels like something is coming.
Photo: Hawker, Philippines

scene, seen

Putting this scenery here on this page
puts me back to that afternoon
for a moment or two.
Thank you.
Photo: Lantau Island, Hong Kong

glassy

Looks like a glass fin.
Photo: A piece of window glass, New Zealand

building, clothing

Buildings dressed.
Photo: Scaffolding seen from Bowen Road, Hong Kong

fishy

I keep seeing fish tanks. The other day,
at a seafood restaurant. And this one,
near Victoria Park.
Photo: Tony's Aquarium, Tin Hau, Hong Kong

watery mind

Many things swimming in my head.
Photo: Seafood restaurant window, Hong Kong

From South Africa: win, justice, win

The climate talks are on in Durban, South Africa.
I went to that city many years ago, when Mandela
had just come in and there was so much promise.
As I once wrote in a poem: 'win, this moment, win'.
Win, justice, win.
Always and please.
Photo: Hong Kong harbo(u)rfront
(when I think of Durban, I think of palm trees)
Text: Follow the climate talks here:
http://climatechange.oxfam.org.hk/

still and moving

Looks like a still life, but we're always moving.
Photo: Waitoke, New Zealand

lines of a palm

Palm reading. Radiating.
Photo: Tree, Tai Hang, Hong Kong

particularizing

The writer Robert Creeley has called the New Zealand sky 'particularizing' and I think he's bright and right.
Photo: Sculpture and sky, Wellington, New Zealand

drawing light

Roots above, across our walk.
Photo: Reflection off glass building, Mongkok

thick, thicker

Some days seem thicker than others.
Photo: Bamboo construction poles

brush

Once an animal, now
a bushy exclamation point.
Photo: Animal fur, location forgotten

around, every, support

Around the world, and every day, let us support another.
Text: Today is World Aids Day
Photo: Making peace cranes, Hiroshima