Last show

.

For twenty five years

an ever-present bloomer

has staged her last show

 

I planted and nurtured her

and she spoiled me with flowers.

.

by Scooj

 

Stormy weather

.

Enough already

with your raining cats and dogs

plants are well watered

.

by Scooj

Black vine weevil

.

Strolled into my life

kept my interest for a while

then strolled out again

.

by Scooj

A long wait

.

Arsenal are back

the premiership resumes

I am conflicted.

.

by Scooj

* I am not sure about the rushed resumption of football. I always favoured an abandoned season and reset to starting this season next season, but the money gets in the way.

Identity theft

.

Appropriation

the nationalist right wing

steal St George’s cross

.

by Scooj

Urban Frome

.

Canalised river

beneath the motorway where

an acacia grows

.

by Scooj

This one is for Paul H who showed me how to access a graffiti spot alongside the River Frome today.

Dark past

.

Ladybird larva

a natural born killer

on slender teasel

.

by Scooj

Breaking cover

.

Then down came the rain

and froglets, recently formed,

emerged by magic

.

by Scooj

Abandoned

.

Good sense of humour

which in the circumstances

could be essential

.

by Scooj

Flood

.

A long time ago

back in 1882

the Frome burst its banks

.

by Scooj

 

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