Waiting Room

Not a book in sight

nor a newspaper; the age

of the phone pulls in.

by Scooj

Day end

 

Sky blue turns to gold

to orange to red to black

this winter nightfall.

 

by Scooj

Plane diverted due to fog

 

An unexpected

visitor literally

descending tonight.

 

by Scooj

Drift

 

Once, I knew you well.

Thick as thieves, friends forever.

Old now. Friends no more.

 

by Scooj

Spotify joy

.

An algorithm 

that knows your favourite tracks;

a restorative. 
by Scooj

Brave face

 

It is difficult

to hide the feelings I have

when it all goes wrong.

.

by Scooj.
• On failing to secure a job I recently was interviewed for.

Fire

 

And I in hades

must gaze in awe at the flames

that will consume me.

 

by Scooj

Mimic

 

Incorporation

of natural forms, calms the

fraught urban landscape.

 

by Scooj

On College Green

 

Crows strutting their stuff;

I am suspicious of their

murderous intent.

 

by Scooj

Unfettered

 

Child oblivious,

zig-zagging and jump-jumping,

happy and carefree.

 

by Scooj