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Southwest West Sussex
once named Hundred of Manwood
water glistening
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by Scooj
- My mother’s home is somewhere in this picture, on the coast.
Manhood Peninsula
Category: 1. Haiku
Post holiday blues
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Recalibration
settling into a routine
until the next time
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by Scooj
Look down
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Thirty thousand feet
fluffy clouds on blue backdrop
down mimicking up
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by Scooj
Repeat
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Blocking high pressure
still, stable sunlit blue skies
invigorating
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by Scooj
Good to be alive
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One of those mornings
stillness and cloudless blue skies
spring is in the air
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by Scooj
Up above
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Six of our planets
visible in the night sky
heavenly bodies
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by Scooj
Brexit benefits
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The closure of the
North Sea sand eel fishery
err… I think that’s it
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By Scooj
Power games
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We the powerless
armed only with dignity
speak truth to power
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by Scooj
Sold out
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Bullies love bullies
Trump sides with the aggressor
a cheap masquerade
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by Scooj
- I feel that the sense of betrayal in Europe is growing, and that Trump’s America can’t be trusted. I fear that in making friends with Russia, he is alienating Europe, all the while enriching his buddies. Too worrying.
Haiku 1
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A butterfly comes
we all gaze on in wonder
iridescent wings.
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by Scooj
- This was the first ever haiku I wrote. It was in honour of my mother on her 80th birthday 10 years ago. I had flu at the time and that period coincided with the birth of Natural Adventures. I used the haiku to open my speech at her party last night, so I thought I would share it again here today.
Natural adventures 