.
We were lovers once
those affections did not last
but they were not lost.
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by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Overcast
.
Uncompromising
Mother Earth is in torpor
awaiting new life.
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by Scooj
C.R.I.P.
Awful acronyms
dehumanise our language,
dehumanise us.
by Scooj
- I came across this at work today – Commonly Recognised Information Picture (CRIP) – a ‘management speak’ term used in emergency contexts. I think it means pulling together information and intelligence that will give us a clear understanding of what it going on. Shame on the person who coined this one.
Rain
Much needed although
unwelcome interruption;
the heavens open.
by Scooj
Bookshop
.
No satisfaction
thumbing through volumes of books
I will never read.
.
by Scooj
Growth
.
I’m in the greenhouse
That’s where you’ll find me, growing
As a human bean.
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by Scooj
* With apologies.
Dry
Prolonged dry weather,
as we call it in the trade,
set to hang about.
by Scooj
Second life
On the allotment
Heath Robinson contraptions
harvest rainwater.
by Scooj
Wisteria
Elongated sweet
smelling purple blooms cascade
from the balustrade.
by Scooj
Cracks
.
Civic flowerbeds
neglected; casualties
of budget cutbacks.
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 