Jackson

The inlet lies almost calm / under a sky with soft paintings of cloud / The kānuka trees are oscillating their upstretched / dark-green tips lightly with the tiny breeze / Two or three chainsaws are … Read more

… There’s no need to use abusive language / about the people looking after you, I tell him, / even if you do need the bathroom … Read more

This morning I tell myself: / you don’t have to wish. Just notice. // There is the window I tried to seal with rags: / double glazing, warped metal frame. // There is the air purifier … Read more

… even a website slowly falls apart … Read more

just outside / among lush spring leaves … Read more

I aspired to be that one myna bird fighting across the wet grey winds / I initiated a resume of tempting revolutions / I understood nothing because there was no low place to stand … Read more