Unexpected

 

All was calm and still

when thunderbolts came crashing

to disrupt our life.

 

by Scooj

News

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Hold the press! Headline:

Boy, fourteen, hoovers the house

and does the ironing. 

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by Scooj

Meditation

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Snoozing to the buzz

of insects and roar of waves

I, here in the dunes. 

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by Scooj

Fourteen

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Losing you is hard

the boy has become a man

go now and flourish. 

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by Scooj

Season scene

.

From the train window

yellow-grey skies hint at the

darkening Autumn. 

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by Scooj

Tall

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I always wanted

him to be taller than me

now I’m not so sure. 

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by Scooj

Two-stroke

 

Sound of a two-stroke

drifts down from the allotments;

reminds me of Spring.

 

by Scooj

Changeling

 

Capacity to

deceive, only to survive;

to see, not be seen.

 

by Scooj

 

  • This is Picasso (a name in progress) my daughter’s amazing panther chameleon.

Dog house

 

Is it possible

that I can get things so wrong?

I’m in the dog house.

 

by Scooj

St John’s Gardens

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Dappled sunlight gives 

Little warmth and trees little

Shelter from cold winds. 

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by Scooj