Seventeenth coffee

 

I exaggerate

although decaffeinated

doesn’t really count.

 

by Scooj

Lunch

 

Tinged with a little

sadness that my toastie’s gone;

it was delicious.

 

by Scooj

Pogues on the bus

 

Gritty urban folk

reminder of student days

of pubs, bars and clubs.

 

by Scooj

Modern diaspora

 

Work space reduction

and remote technology…

W.F.H.

 

by Scooj

 

*WFH = Work from home.

Morning drag

 

Lethargic students

trudge their way to lecture halls

nursing excesses.

 

by Scooj

Optimist

 

Ingenuity

it’s a human condition

we can fix the world;

in the hands of young people

a balance can be restored.

Pessimist

 

My heart is filled with

an unbearable sadness

when I see the world

when I see what we have done

and the mistakes we have made.

 

by Scooj

January

.

Overwhelming gloom

constant miserable rain

sick and tired of it

.

by Scooj

Scrumptious

 

Favourite pudding;

chocolate panettone

bread and butter style.

 

by Scooj

Melt

 

Where early frost lay

only damp traces remain

winter sunshine melt.

 

by Scooj