Urban mow

 

Pocket handkerchief

lawns attended to in this

first weekend of sun.

 

by Scooj

Mothering Sunday

 

Workers given leave

to return to their ‘mother’

parishes today.

 

by Scooj

Happy Mother’s Day.

 

Spin

 

To be seen to be

doing is anathema

to me. Just do it.

 

by Scooj

Fears

 

Confronting my fears

what’s the worst that can happen?

I don’t want to know.

 

by Scooj

Environmental leave day

 

Satisfying day

knowing you have made the world

just that bit better.

 

by Scooj

 

Westminster

 

Is there no limit

to the embedded hatred

for one another?

 

by Scooj

During my recent six-month secondment I walked past the scene of today’s attack twice a day. It all feels very real.

Awakening

 

Spring blossom wakes us

from our long Winter slumber;

invigorating.

 

by Scooj

  • With thanks to Bill Bisgood for inspiration.

Passive

 

A life story scrawled

on a piece of old cardboard

entreats compassion.

 

by Scooj

Pannetone pudding

 

Italophilic

pudding, with acknowledgement

to bread and butter.

 

by Scooj

Doze

 

That delicious calm;

shallow breaths, stillness, silence

fleeting contentment.

 

by Scooj