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Tenerife awaits;
a mixture of excitement
and anxiety.
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by Scooj
Tag: Poetry
Running the gauntlet
The walk to my school
filled my heart with a deep dread;
cap and bag held tight
I was an easy target
for bullies on the estate.
by Scooj
Warm
Warm still greenhouse air
tinged with the delicious smell
of tomato leaves.
by Scooj
Bad world
A massacre of
innocents. Difficult to
explain to a child.
by Scooj
Birdsong
Sweetest pair of wrens
disproportionate voices
lightening my heart.
by Scooj
Car boot sale
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Note to self…Hornby
trains worth so much more than I
was led to believe.
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by Scooj
Birthday
Clandestine wrapping
and signing of birthday cards,
the children and I.
by Scooj
Still working
Through venetian blinds
a segmented vista calls
out ‘pack up and go’.
by Scooj
Kang La Pass
I popped the question
at seventeen thousand feet,
a literal high.
by Scooj
First love
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We were lovers once
those affections did not last
but they were not lost.
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 