Category: 1. Haiku

Exodus

 

Desk by desk they leave

and a calm silence descends;

my keyboard tap taps.

 

by Scooj

F for ‘vescence

 

Bubbling over with

enthusiasm, new hope

and creative joy.

 

by Scooj

Elder

 

Beneficiary

of thick conifer clearance

large flat white umbels.

 

by Scooj

Shades of pink

 

Child-like excitement

Choosing colours of spray paint;

an Aladdin’s cave.

 

by Scooj

Baku haiku

 

Preparing myself

for a disappointing night;

learned pessimism.

 

by Scooj

 

  • As a lifelong Arsenal fan, I am used to the upset of disappointing European nights. The best form of protecting myself from any hurt is to enter into the spirit of things with very low expectations. Arsenal take on Chelsea in the Europa Leage final in the rather bizarre setting of Baku in Azerbaijan tonight, and in my mind we have already lost and I am trying to come up with a coping mechanism.

 

Die Fledermaus

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My heart uplifted

watching tiny bats flap by

as day becomes night.

.

by Scooj

Row

 

Thirteen years ago

those halcyon days we had

calm before the storm.

 

by Scooj

  • From Wikipedia:

From Latin Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. When her husband died in a shipwreck, Alcyone threw herself into the sea whereupon the gods transformed them both into halcyon birds (kingfishers). When Alcyone made her nest on the beach, waves threatened to destroy it. Aeolus restrained his winds and kept them calm during seven days in each year, so she could lay her eggs. These became known as the “halcyon days,” when storms do not occur. Today, the term is used to denote a past period that is being remembered for being happy and/or successful.

May be not

.

I’ve no sympathy

TM a useless PM;

divided nation.

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by Scooj