terrace slice

A little city terrace I love
and the people who tend it.
Photo: C and C terrace, Hong Kong 

soon soon

Soon soon, two
friends I love
will be with me.
It's like waiting
for the moon.
Photo: Streetlit tree, Hong Kong

good day

Please sing today, it is 
a birth of a good day. 
Photo: Singing in Mongkok, Hong Kong
Text: for I and me, and also for T and M,
and for C, S and D

hol(e)y

Every day is holy, every where.
Photo: Digital screen and opening, chapel, Hong Kong

citrus sink

On the way to 
tangelolemonorange 
marmalade.
Photo: Our kitchen sink, New Zealand

rise and shine

Rise and shine, 
my mother used to say,
especially when we wanted 
to do neither!
Photo: Morning garden, Carterton, New Zealand

red garden

Make a beautiful day.
Photo:Cherries from the garden,
Carterton, New Zealand

one eve, another

It's Christmas Eve, 
a week before another Eve.
Photo: Looking out a toilet door, Carterton, New Zealand

warmth

For me, this is a time to say hello to everyone, everything, as one year ends, and another begins. A time to honor life, beauty, tenderness, justice. A time to be warm. 

It's summertime here. The sun presides. And in my study, the word 'warmth' stays above the desk. A friend drew the Chinese characters for me as a gift. Thank you. Always.

Photo: A wintertime fire in the living room, New Zealand

the moon in us

Today, friends of mine are gathering 
by the Hong Kong sea. On another day, 
they sent this night-blooming flower to me. 
The very first poem I wrote for us all 
was called 'The Moon In Us'
and how I miss us, love us.
Photo: Tan Fa, Tai Hang, Hong Kong
A photograph sent by S. 

catch

Three in a net.
Photo: Mango, Philippines

folded sky

Here, up from the upper-floor living room, 
a piece of sky, folded.
Photo: The Koromiko Road home, New Zealand

sing the season

Here I am singing
whatever the season.
Photo: By Wong Yankwai
Location: Eastbound tram, Hong Kong
We reversed the image to feature 
on my newest book, Fifty Stories Fifty Images

sky glass mirror

So many ways to see.
Photo: Rehearsal room, Bethanie, 
Pokfulam, Hong Kong