Dynamic age

Age of droughts and floods

age of rising sea levels

age of migration.

by Scooj

  • I added two seven syllable lines to convert this into a Tanka, but I felt it just a little too sanctimonious. They were:

unless we do something now

this will be our legacy

Bath

.

Sandy grey stonework

catching shards of morning light

in Aquae Sulis.

.

by Scooj

Blue skies

 

Atmospheric shift

barometric pressure high

a fine week ahead.

 

by Scooj

Slow day

 

Unremarkable

rain from first light to last light

unmemorable.

 

by Scooj

Conker

 

Try to look beyond

the abrasive covering;

elegance concealed.

 

by Scooj

Rees-Mogg

.

Insufferable

bore, darling of the far right;

Victorian code.

.

by Scooj

Legacy

 

An old overcoat

that belonged to my dad still

smells of cigarettes.

 

by Scooj

September

 

Smell of apple drop

round cobbles in various

stages of decay.

 

by Scooj

Leigh Woods

 

Flashes of light brown

darting through the dense thickets;

Saturday dog walk.

 

by Scooj

Natural adventures

 

Love for Mother Earth;

was there any other way

for the nature boy?

 

by Scooj