Tag: Poetry

Vulcan

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Deep from the belly

of Mother Earth, lava spews;

burning red rivers

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by Scooj

Hotel WiFi

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When four into three

won’t go, each of us bumping

the next; rotation. 

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by Scooj

Family time

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Playing knock out whist

and rummy; these are the days

we will remember.

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by Scooj

Tenerife

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Island cast adrift

from Africa’s desert shore;

volcanic mountain.

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by Scooj

Airport time

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Tenerife awaits;

a mixture of excitement

and anxiety. 

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by Scooj

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