Polly

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May you rest in peace

mother, grand, great-grandmother

a proper lady

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by Scooj

In memory of my mother-in-law who died peacefully yesterday. We were lucky enough to celebrate her 95th birthday with her a couple of weeks ago. We will miss her.

Hourglass

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How much time is left

I ponder on it often

unhealthy pursuit

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by Scooj

  • written at 5.40 this morning when I awoke and had trouble getting back to sleep.

Vulpes vulpes

Dead fox, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, February 2025

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When it is our time

and we die, it is our time

skin and bones remain

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by Scooj

Death and decay

Cetacean Carcass, Lantic Bay, Cornwall, October 2024
Cetacean Carcass, Lantic Bay, Cornwall, October 2024

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He’ll come for us all

dispassionate grim reaper

a matter of time

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by Scooj

Sinead

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Tears roll down your face

from the most beautiful eyes

and nothing compares

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by Scooj

George

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Friend to my sister

your battle is now over

may you rest in peace

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by Scooj

Evidence

Feathers, Lansallos, Cornwall, August 2019
Feathers, Lansallos, Cornwall, August 2019

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Unfortunate prey

struck down by a predator

the circle of life

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by Scooj

Burial

.

Bernard or Bernie

a long, productive life lived

may you rest in peace

.

by Scooj

Too young to die

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Too great the shared loss

school friends shuddering with shock

tragic episode

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by Scooj

  • On the unexpected death of a boy in my daughter’s friendship group.

Elizabethan

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Epoch transition

farewell Elizabethan

constant disrupted

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by Scooj