Turnip

.

Let them eat turnips

says Secretary of State

complacent, detached

.

by Scooj

Diet

.

Not required before

metabolism slowing

and waistline growing.

.

by Scooj

Hotel California

.

Another ear worm

on a dark desert highway

cannot be unheard

.

by Scooj

Obfuscation

Sediment in the Severn, Bristol, February 2023
Sediment in the Severn, Bristol, February 2023

.

Aerial cloudscape

or muddying the waters

confusion, deceit

.

by Scooj

Crunch Match

.

Gunners v Citeh

stomach churning, nerve tingling

it’s not just a game

.

by Scooj

St Valentine’s Day

.

What is love? They asked

a million answers came

interpretation

.

by Scooj

Temperate rainforest

Temperate rainforest, Lansallos, Cornwall, August 2019
Temperate rainforest, Lansallos, Cornwall, August 2019

.

An ancient landscape

oceanic influence

ferns and mosses thrive

.

by Scooj

Intertidal

Island near Pula, Croatia, August 2022
Island near Pula, Croatia, August 2022

.

Where ocean meets land

a unique and hostile space

a niche habitat

.

by Scooj

Another world

.

Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022
Krka National Park, Croatia, August 2022

.

Beneath clear water

a beautiful world unseen

where dainty sprites live

.

by Scooj

Slippery slope

.

Party Vice Chairman

favours the death penalty

whipping up hatred

.

by Scooj

  • further evidence, as if it were needed, that our Conservative Government is drifting even further to the right. The appointment of the loud-mouthed “30p” Lee Anderson as party Vice Chairman demonstrates that there is nothing left in the party. All the Europhiles have left or been ousted, the moderates have been silenced, and the primary qualification for getting into the Cabinet is a rabid Brexit stance.
  • I remain in a constant state of revulsion and despair. What am I supposed to tell my children? They are being brought up in a political landscape where it is normal to lie, to deceive, to disrespect, to blame the poorest and the vulnerable and to be strong instead of compassionate. I still hate what they have done to my country, my home.
  • Anyone who says “well, what’s the alternative” or “I’m not sure Keir Starmer…” is either a Tory or has never got over Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity (for whatever reason) and hence unelectability.
  • I think I might need to write some nice nature haiku!