Arrival

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Autum’s crisp discards

laced with sugar frosting dust

winter has arrived

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by Scooj

Fast lane

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Where did the day go?

And where did the weekend go?

acceleration.

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by Scooj

Kingfisher

First published in May 2015, I felt this haiku deserved a repost. I had kingfishers on my mind.

 

Slow lowland rivers,

pulling nets for a living,

those halcyon days.

 

by Scooj

Routine

 

The end of a week

dominated by routine

I want to break free.

 

by Scooj

The one that got away

 

Decorations boxed

ready for hibernation

always one evades

 

by Scooj

 

  • It doesn’t seem to matter how thorough I am with clearing away the Christmas decorations and stuff, one item always seems to evade going into the loft. This year it was the cloth that we put out under the tree (in the washing basket). Does this happen to anyone else?

Il Tricolore

 

An arrangement of

three mini jelly babies

Italian flag

 

by Scooj

 

Three jelly babies, Bristol, January 2020
Three jelly babies, Bristol, January 2020

Battenburg

 

Harlequin sponge cake

wrapped in a marzipan coat

tea-time confection

 

by Scooj

Nose to the grindstone

 

It’s almost as if

there wasn’t a Christmas break

nose to the grindstone.

 

by Scooj

Bells and smells

 

High church christening

grand rituals aplenty

intoxication

 

by Scooj

Homonym 2. Relief

 

Out-standing wall art

hints at animal rescue

and safety within

 

by Scooj

 

  • I was out hunting for graffiti/streetart this lunchtime with the dog, and our ears pricked up when we heard dogs barking. The noise was coming from the other side of this wall and the kennels of the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre. Pennies dropped and the wonderful dogs on this wall made complete sense.

 

Boundary wall of the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre, Bristol, January 2020
Boundary wall of the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre, Bristol, January 2020