ride on

Today is shining, a good day 
for riding.
Photo: L on her horse
Carterton, New Zealand

hello

Hello.
Photo: Doorknob, Paris

x-

Today, an x-ray.
Photo: In a night garden, 
Tai Kong Po, Hong Kong
Taken by Wong Yankwai

created, appreciated

The other autumn day, I cut 
silverbeet leaves from the garden,
some light green, some darker, a few purply,
all deliciously created, appreciated.
Photo: Lettuce at a grocer's in Paris

see what it sees

It's that day of the week that 
says 'begin again' and soon 
I will walk with my camera 
and see what it sees. 
Maybe seeing is beginning.
Photo: A drink with my sister E, Paris

we walk the river

We walk the river.

Rock, sand, slime, gorse.

We walk hours of water,

sure of place, sound, bend.   

Photo: Mount Holdsworth, New Zealand                                                                                            

three names

Mingimingi. Rimu. Tmesipteris.
Three names I love.
Photo: In Fensham Reserve, 
Carterton, New Zealand

arriving, slowly

I feel like taking a trip.  Maybe to the sea. Or another body of land. 
The train is a preferred means. I used to sit facing the direction of travel, the new scenes arriving, arriving, but I now also like facing the other direction, relaxing, watching land or sea recede, slowly.
Photo: Taken at an exhibition in a train station in Texas

the sun remembers

The necklace receiving,
extending the sun.
Yellow connections.
Photo: Our car, New Zealand
The necklace a gift from SL,
and the cloth from K

the corner could

around the corner could be god or a barricade of opinion
Photo: The corner of a plaque, Featherston, New Zealand
Text: Words from my poem, The Act of Walking, Delicate Access, 2004

noon

Noon on a road
in the neighbo(u)rhood.
Photo: Carterton, New Zealand

trust light

Just hung up the laundry.
The day could go many ways.
Am trusting the sun more 
than cloud, rain, shadow.
Photo: Mushrooms, New Zealand

found

Wand
found
Photo: Curb and street
Somewhere in Hong Kong

tui by the window

I woke up much later than usual
this morning and the Tui 
were still singing.
Thank you, birds.
Photo: P's room, Hong Kong

wordplay

I love playing 
with words.
Anywhere. Every.
Photo: Our table, New Zealand

40 hoops

A friend turns 40 today and I 
remember hulahoops.
Photo: For L H, Wire and wall, Philippines

a blossom for Hiroshima

Today, we received the book
'After Hiroshima' created 
by my sister, and we are 
so very proud of her.
Photo: Banana and blossom, Hong Kong

I see

I see a bridge.
Photo: Hong Kong sand, 
water, hills, lights

sun, mon

Monday, Monday, 
and such sun.
Thank you.
Photo: Net over deep-fried dough
called 'fried ghost' in Hong Kong

generosity

Generosity.
A beautiful thing.
Photo: Bougainvillea, Hong Kong
Happy birthday S and H

and maybe

and maybe I
would like to live here
for a while.
Photo: Peng Chau home, Hong Kong

maybe

Friends may make 
a home here.
Photo: Abanadoned homes, Peng Chau, Hong Kong

9, 10

Today a friend turns 10, 
the first day of her life 
in double digits. 
My mother felt stressed 
when she turned ten, 
more than 65 years ago.
Photo: Two jackfruit, Hong Kong
Happy Birthday, L.

tangible

Today, I was with movements, 
with Len Lye's 'tangible motion 
sculptures' and yes, I touched 
and was touched.
Photo: Painted wall, 
Peng Chau, Hong Kong

access

I like the sound and 
feel of 'delicate access'
- the title of a book of mine.
Photo: Passageway to board 
a ferry, Hong Kong

colo(u)r us

The first day of term today.
Photo: Chalk at P's home, Hong Kong

gathering

Today we gather 
around poetry.
Photo: Cherry tree, Featherston, New Zealand

once flying

A friend of mine writes of the beginning 
of the hunting season here in New Zealand. She has heard the wings of black swans
and sees wounded ducks among her nut trees.
Photo: Tamarind rind, Hong Kong

for a friend

Here is a bright red accordion
ribbon for a new friend.
Photo: For R. H., A happy gate, Hong Kong

neat feet

I love these two sapling containers 
placed at the base of the receptacle
like a pair of shoes removed
at the entry of a home.
Photo: Featherston, New Zealand

which season

It is Autumn in this hemisphere, 
but so very green, it feels like Spring.
Photo: H's conservatory, New Zealand