Temporary post
quarterly reviewed last year
at last permanent
by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Changeable
This day is too hot
enter Goldilocks moment
this day is too cold
by Scooj
Large red damselfly
.
A hatch of fairies
whirring around back gardens
little red flashes
.
by Scooj
Bad timing
End-of-tunnel light
quashed by arrival of rain
allotment must wait
by Scooj
- I’ve been looking forward to finishing work all day today to be able to pop up to the allotment before cooking an evening meal. A badly timed shower has goofed up all my timings and my excitement. Tomorrow it will have to be.
Flour
Mission accomplished
after four weeks of searching
flour emporium
by Scooj
Lock down days
Time to change my hat
headset for mortar board
office to classroom
by Scooj
Late afternoon
Sunlit afternoon
through the blinds dancing patterns
tell a spring story
by Scooj
Blur
Difficult to tell
where week ends and weekend starts
and vice versa
by Scooj
An untimely and sad end
Peace interrupted
sickening thud behind me
robin hits the door
instantly falls to the floor
circumstantial accident
by Scooj.
* a terrible thing happened this lunchtime when my children and I were sitting outside the kitchen enjoying the sunshine. Our conversation was interrupted when one of our dear little robins flew into the open kitchen door, the top half of which is glass. This was about a foot behind my head.
The three of us were utterly shocked. The robin died moments later in my hand. It was traumatic to say the least, and I feel so responsible. I keep singing ‘who killed cock robin… I said the sparrow with my bow and arrow’.
The interaction between humankind and nature is so delicate. Our impacts are everywhere, but I suppose in many ways some of our interactions benefit wildlife.
This all feels so much more painful because of the amazing experience of watching a pair of robins raise five chicks successfully in our greenhouse only days ago. Oh dear.
Renewal
Long-since bruised toenail
attempting separation
hanging by a thread
by Scooj
Apologies for this rather gruesome tale, but it has become all-consuming and my motivation behind the haiku was to exorcise all thoughts about it. I fear though that it might have had the opposite effect.
Natural adventures 