Category: 1. Haiku

Shooting star

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Brilliant moment

razor slash through the night sky

and orange sparkles

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by Scooj

Neil

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We were not good friends

but your passing has shocked me

to the very core

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Your mid-life crisis conduct

hard to forgive, even now

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by Scooj

Soaked

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Wettest of wet rain

the kind that penetrates clothes

and dampens the skin

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by Scooj

Loyalty

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Club before country

it’s the only way I know

unpatriotic?

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by Scooj

If you build it…

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Bird feeder installed

unseen, ignored for four days

and now the birds come

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by Scooj

Life cycle

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Wake up, do stuff, sleep

a never ending story

days, weeks, months the same

.

by Scooj

Life cycle

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Dusting off seed trays

chilli peppers, tomatoes

first up for planting

.

by Scooj

Chronicler

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Those that can, do, and

those that can’t, write about it

me in a nutshell

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by Scooj

The poor get poorer

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In a time of need

the Treasury hammer falls

on the most hard up

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by Scooj

Housebound

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No dog walk today

instead, chained to the laptop

it’s no fun at all

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by Scooj