Category: 1. Haiku

Redland fox

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Early rendezvous

or just a brief encounter

Redland platform one

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by Scooj

* When I moved to Bristol in the early nineties the Bristol urban fox population was famously thriving, in fact my allotment had the highest density of foxes on record anywhere in the world. It couldn’t last and the double whammy of mange and the introduction of wheelie bins saw the population crash.

Over the years numbers have increased again and this was one of two foxes I saw on my short walk to the station this morning.

Last hope

 

Am I wrong to pray

for divine intervention

preventing Brexit?

 

by Scooj

Self-conscious on the train

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Uncomfortable

spilt and sat in hot coffee

is my bottom stained?

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by Scooj

To be young

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On seeing students heading towards lectures this morning…

 

The world at their feet

living life, learning, loving

how I envy them

It was my time long ago

and I would love to return

 

by Scooj

Change

 

Spent most of the day

ever so slightly cooler

than I’d like to be.

 

by Scooj

Premiere

 

First Bristol screening

of Aardman’s Farmageddon

stop-frame genius

 

by Scooj

 

Reluctant

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That moment before

going out to meet some friends

just can’t be bothered.

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by Scooj

Extracurricular

 

Unconventional

after-school club unfetters

their agile young minds

 

by Scooj

Persistent

 

Dog paws at my arm

again and again and a…

it’s time for a walk

 

by Scooj

Confused

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Losing track of time

the days are becoming nights

autumnal mischief

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by Scooj