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What do they dream of?
a twitchin’ and a squealin’
rabbit, squirrel, fox?
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by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Villainous bastards
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The Covid spoofers
‘fish’ under NHS guise
there’s no redemption
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by Scooj
I was by prompted to write this on receiving a very convincing NHS email to make an appointment for a vaccination, based on ‘family genetics or medical history’. As a healthy 57 year old, this didn’t ring true, but I nearly fell for it. Some people really are the scum of the earth, may they rot in hell.
Comfort food
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Banana custard
treacle tart and clotted cream
plain choc marzipan
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by Scooj
One hundred thousand
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Unwelcome landmark
each light extinguished a life
coronavirus
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by Scooj
Sub-zero
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A microclimate
defined by our garden fence
somehow snow remains
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by Scooj
The white stuff
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Waking to the white
it came, it pitched, it melted
a fleeting visit
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by Scooj
Snow
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Febrile atmosphere
teenagers expecting snow
might never happen
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by Scooj
Ice
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A perfect circle
skimmed from a gardening trugg
smashed to smithereens
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by Scooj
Sunset
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Look at the sky dad
I might have ignored the cries
and been the poorer
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by Scooj
Poet
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Amanda Gorman
such great dignity and poise
inauguration
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 