Category: 1. Haiku

Out of breath

.

Heart rate is slowing

a mad dash to platform 9

I made it on time.

Well I needn’t have bothered

I don’t live in Switzerland.

.

by Scooj

School swimming lessons remembered

.

That little schoolboy

petrified and insecure;

a bully teacher.

Butterflies in his tummy

and mental paralysis.

.

by Scooj

Downward

 

Precariously

pigeon pair shuffle slipping

roof ridge tile challenge.

 

by Scooj

Greta

 

A fitting tribute

to the girl who changed the world

a work in progress.

 

by Scooj

Play

.

While the cats are out

two hours with a can in hand

I squeak with delight

.

by Scooj

  • On to letter D tonight.

Aphids

 

Tiniest fairies

dance in the evening sun

lime green destroyers.

 

by Scooj

 

Regime change

 

The long knives are out

May’s early September comes.

The nasty party.

 

by Scooj

Tour guide

 

Gratification

from helping others to see

what they had not seen

 

by Scooj

Emerald

 

Warmer breeze wakens

dozey rose chafers that crash

through the shrubbery.

 

by Scooj

Heart

 

A song from the heart

unseen but not unnoticed

blackbird belts one out.

 

by Scooj