Category: 1. Haiku

Chase the money

 

Ideology

of self-interest and pride

divides a nation

 

no mention of compassion

no mention of partnership.

 

by Scooj

Platform passenger

.

A man eating grapes

barely pausing for breath

finishes the lot.

.

by Scooj

Dynamic age

Age of droughts and floods

age of rising sea levels

age of migration.

by Scooj

  • I added two seven syllable lines to convert this into a Tanka, but I felt it just a little too sanctimonious. They were:

unless we do something now

this will be our legacy

Bath

.

Sandy grey stonework

catching shards of morning light

in Aquae Sulis.

.

by Scooj

Blue skies

 

Atmospheric shift

barometric pressure high

a fine week ahead.

 

by Scooj

Conker

 

Try to look beyond

the abrasive covering;

elegance concealed.

 

by Scooj

Rees-Mogg

.

Insufferable

bore, darling of the far right;

Victorian code.

.

by Scooj

Legacy

 

An old overcoat

that belonged to my dad still

smells of cigarettes.

 

by Scooj