Tag: Haiku

Haiku 1

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A butterfly comes

we all gaze on in wonder

iridescent wings.

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by Scooj

  • This was the first ever haiku I wrote. It was in honour of my mother on her 80th birthday 10 years ago. I had flu at the time and that period coincided with the birth of Natural Adventures. I used the haiku to open my speech at her party last night, so I thought I would share it again here today.

    YR4

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    Hurtling through space

    potential collision course

    Don’t Look Up fulfilled

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    by Scooj

    • With a nod to the film Don’t Look Up, where life recapitulates art.

    Surfeit

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    Overindulgence

    too much rich food, too much drink

    delicate morning

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    by Scooj

    All hell break out

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    What is worse than hell?

    a petulant bully Trump

    breaking the broken

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    by Scooj

    Brace

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    Heavy day ahead

    and heavy week following

    in survival mode

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    Glorious

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    One of those mornings

    all troubles evaporate

    glorious blue skies

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    by Scooj

    Three weeks to go

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    Ski holiday booked

    lurking on snow forecast sites

    addicted to hope

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    by Scooj

    91st year

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    Mama turned ninety

    taking a dip in the sea

    in celebration

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    by Scooj

    Happy birthday (yesterday) mum

    Stay humble, eh

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    Manchester City

    soundly thrashed by the Gunners

    stay humble Haaland

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    by Scooj

    • Last night was a sweet moment for Arsenal fans, with the team beating the premiership champions 5-1. It was extra sweet, because the last meeting was a fiery affair, with an Arsenal player sent off in the first half with Arsenal leading 2-1. Manchester City grabbed an equaliser in the last minute of the game, and Erling Haaland (a Manchester City player and most prolific goalscorer in the world) was recorded saying ‘stay humble eh’ to Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal Manager at the end of the game. These are words that will follow and haunt Haaland for the rest of his career. Stupid boy.

    Right now

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    In front of our eyes

    powerful oligarchy

    shredding the rule book

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    by Scooj