.
Acerbic at times
more often a loving heart
my favourite aunt
.
don’t tell the other ones though
I’ll miss you so very much
.
by Scooj
Category: 1. Haiku
Birdsong
.
Warm sunny May day
a day-long birdsong chorus
nothing else matters
.
by Scooj
My singing heart
.
Swifts circle the air
screeching fair their arrival
for now all is well
.
by Scooj
Champions
.
Twenty-two long years
monkey on our back climbs down
no longer bridesmaids
.
by Scooj
- on my beloved Arsenal Football Club at last becoming English Premier League champions again, and on the back of finishing second for the last three years.
Smooth Carrion-Beetle
.
Off at a canter
from one edge to the other
pathway exposure
.
by Scooj
Sleek
.
New kid on the block
both wary and curious
beware of the dog!
.
by Scooj
Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)
.
Bottle-green chafer
exotic spring harbinger
iridescent sheen
.
by Scooj
Ruffle
.
Smooth laminar flow
a heron ruffles feathers
pre-hunt ritual
.
by Scooj
Leigh Woods
.
In dreamy woodlands
shaped by foresters of old
canopy cover
.
by Scooj
Minor injuries unit
.
Hospital visit
unplanned Bank Holiday trip
awaiting verdict
.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 