(Circle)

(a careless eel)

(to raise up, to search, to fish, to hunt for)

(a white gecko)

(your leftovers)

(a bear’s snort)

(those lands)

(a dead eel)

(open feathers, open clouds)

Nicola Andrews (Ngāti Pāoa, Pākehā) is a writer and academic from Tāmaki Makaurau, currently living on Ramaytush Ohlone territory. They are an alum of the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, and their work appears in publications including NAILED, Takahē, and Cordite Poetry Review. They still play Pokémon Go.