Searching for sunlight
running roots crack through asphalt;
irrepressible.
by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Trenches
A scrawled note to loved
ones before the whistle blows
then over the top.
by Scooj
Strawberry Line
Father and daughter
on a cool September day
cycling together.
by Scooj
Web
To be trapped is to
be filled with a fear so great
that all fight subsides.
by Scooj
But it was a nightmare
It was not a bad
dream; our night time visitor
dropped ‘Bun’ in the loo.
by Scooj
School drag
A school-bound child screams
‘take me home mummy please’; it
is too much to bear.
by Scooj
Tree rat
Autumn harvester
too much maligned grey cousin
of Potter’s Nutkin.
by Scooj
Fifteen years
The Summer days of
our life together will not
be dampened by rain.
by Scooj
Deeply superficial
When tomorrow comes
will I be any wiser
or more frivolous?
by Scooj
Summer’s lease…
How long must we wait
to revel in warmth again
and bathe in sunlight?
by Scooj
