Tag: Poetry

Piano

.

Neglected, forlorn 

the upright curries favour

As a picture stand. 

.

by Scooj

Puppy love

.

Leaning in closer

their nervous young hearts pounding;

after school lovers. 

.
by Scooj

Forecast

 

Misky and murty,

weatherman spoonerism.

I rather like it.

 

by Scooj

Gaffe

.

I wanted the ground

to swallow me up, such was

My embarrassment. 

.

by Scooj 
A remembered situation. 

Piccadilly line

.

Trains delayed due to

non-availability. 

For the love of God!

.

by Scooj

Civil servant

.

An old tweed jacket

and trousers half-mast; wild hair,

eccentric manner. 

.

by Scooj

Unwell

 

It’s the fever that

gets you…wares you to the bone.

So miserable.

 

by Scooj

 

On looking after my poorly daughter.

Haiku 3

 

Deathly cold darkness

adorns Autumn’s fallen leaves

with Winter’s halo

 

by Scooj

 

(originally posted in March 2015)

Frozen

 

From the souls of my

shoes, deathly cold rises through

my tired old body.

 

by Scooj