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Must do what we can
nature and climate crises
can do what we must
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by Scooj
Tag: Haiku
Glastonbury tickets on sale
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Camping on the site
sucking life and hope away
try again next year
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by Scooj
Deck chairs
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Cabinet shuffle
dusting-off an ex-PM
an empty barrel
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by Scooj
- I have recently tried to veer away from politics, but today has been too momentous to pass without some comment. At last, we see the back (for now) of the racist agent provocateur Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, to be replaced by the inept and underwhelming James Cleverly. His post of Foreign Secretary has been filled by former PM, architect of austerity and the EU Exit referendum (who was heard to sing ‘tum te tum’ as he returned to the door of No 10 after his resignation speech). David Cameron isn’t even an elected member of parliament and is the subject of an ongoing serious fraud investigation – furthermore Sunak has had to make him a Baron so that he can sit in the House of Lords to take up his office (there were 350 Conservative MPs Sunak could have selected from, but not a single one of them met the bar presumably). You couldn’t make it up. Other ministers and Secretaries of State have been shuffled, one of which will have direct implications for my own work. Surely, surely the Conservative party is utterly washed-up and should give the country what it wants, a general election.
Diapause
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The webs are all gone
spider mating season done
hiding and brooding
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by Scooj
The visit
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An old man declines
this strong man now so fragile
our hug long lasting
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by Scooj
Downpour
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Dampness grips the air
sharp showers and prolonged rain
an English autumn
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by Scooj
Phantom opera
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Nightmare too vivid
heart racing, thorax thumping
light on, reset, calm
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by Scooj
- Writing this in the depth of the night to distract myself from the horror of my dreams. Too unsettled to return to sleep.
Happy place
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I am transported
to the dunes where insects buzz
just for a moment
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by Scooj
Earthshot Prize
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A King in waiting
lends his voice to the planet
doing the right thing
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by Scooj
The Earthshot Prize looks at solutions to the challenges our planet faces. Five prizes of £1 million are awarded for five years, this being the second year and the award ceremony will be in Singapore.
The shame about this is that the prize has to exist at all. If Governments around the world were serious about getting out of the mess we’re in they would be funding this kind of research and innovation as part of the ‘day job’. I try to lok on the upside though.
Wait a while
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Autumn leaves clinging
yellowing and necrotic
final stubborn stand
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 