Category: 1. Haiku

B.S.T.

 

Absent without leave

an hour wisely recovered

with a morning snooze.

 

by Scooj

Pretext

 

‘Yes I’ll do the shop’

great opportunity to

take some street art snaps.

 

by Scooj

Never give up

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MV 2.5

we are living a nightmare

May clutching at straws

.

by Scooj

  • MV 2.5 = meaningful vote 2.5. Unbelievable sleight of hand by Theresa May to try and force her deal through by splitting it into two thus avoiding rejection by the Speaker. As if bribing her party, promising to quit if they supported her wasn’t bad enough. She and the Conservative party have no shame.

Parent’s evening

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Anxious walk to school

hearing truths from the half-truths

peddled back at home.

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by Scooj

Rough sleeper

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I don’t want to smell

no one wants to be smelly;

have you got two pounds?

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by Scooj

  • Part of a longer conversation with a man that I met this morning. Expletives removed.

Hum

 

Intoxicating

flowering shrub resonates

with a host of bees.

 

by Scooj

Sorrow

 

Classical music

reaches the heart of a man

a solemn tonic.

 

by Scooj

Father-in-law

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I don’t know him well

Alzheimer’s got in the way

now he lies dying.

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by Scooj

Prediction

 

May loses her job

UK remains in Europe

I can dream can’t I?

 

by Scooj

Evening walk

 

Air thick with wood smoke

hangs in the urban valley

catches in my throat.

 

by Scooj