Tag: Poetry

The afternoon after the night before

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Feeling deflated

been looking forward so long

got what I wanted

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by Scooj

  • After yesterday’s General Election, which went pretty well from my point of view, I am left feeling flat. I have waited so long to see the back of the Tories, that I think I am slightly in denial.

Independence Day

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Fourteen years ago

the occupation began

voting for freedom

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by Scooj

No sun flower

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Long overcast days

just two feet high and rising

low expectations

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by Scooj

3 Sleeps

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Opportunity

I’ve been waiting a long time

fourteen painful years

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by Scooj

  • We have a general election in the UK on Thursday, and with any luck we will have a Labour Government on Friday. Being realistic, I think it will be several years before we start to see improvements, because the Conservatives have asset stripped the country, made off with the money in their back pockets, and left the old place in a far worse state than they found it 14 years ago. It is incredible to think just how much poorer we are as a nation and how our international reputation has plummeted while they have been in power. The richest have got richer (don’t they always) and are completely protected from the cost of living crisis that the rest of us face. I genuinely hope that the incoming Labour administration live up to their aspiration to serve the country first, because the Conservatives have been serving themselves for way too long. It looks like, while we are leaning to the left, the rest of the world is lurching to the far right, which is all rather worrying.
  • I genuinely can’t think of a single part of my life that has been improved by the Tories, not one, but that is no surprise, I work in the service of my country, and always have. I am part of the squeezed middle – the cash cow that has been exploited when the millionaires and billionaires are laughing, and the multinational corporates avoid their tax contributions.
  • I’ll stop there, because I could write a very long essay about all of this. Suffice it to say the winds of change are on the way.

Morning – 30 Days Wild (30/30)

Morning seascape, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024
Morning seascape, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, June 2024

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Where sea and sky meet

and thoughts turn to my forebears

hungry gulls paddle

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by Scooj

  • That concludes my 30 Days Wild series of Haiku. I hope you enjoyed them.
  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Startled – 30 Days Wild (29/30)

Starlings, Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve, Cleethorpes, September 2023
Starlings, Coronation Coast National Nature Reserve, Cleethorpes, September 2023

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Taking to the sky

a flock of startled starlings

evade peregrine

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Himalayan Balsam – 30 Days Wild (28/30)

Himalayan balsam, Impatiens grandulifera, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024
Himalayan balsam, Impatiens grandulifera, River Frome, Bristol, June 2024

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Riparian strip

overwhelmed by invader

a beautiful weed

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Ivy broomrape – 30 Days Wild (27/30)

Ivy broomrape, Orobanche hederae, River Avon, Bristol, June 2024
Ivy broomrape, Orobanche hederae, River Avon, Bristol, June 2024

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Holoparasite

a plant without chlorophyll

ivy devourer

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

Common foxglove – 30 Days Wild (26/30)

Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, Liskeard, Cornwall, June 2024
Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, Liskeard, Cornwall, June 2024

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Leafy green backdrop

frames centrepiece perfection

poison dressed in pink

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

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Lesser stitchwort – 30 Days Wild (25/30)

Lesser stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024
Lesser stitchwort, Stellaria graminea, Ley, Cornwall, June 2024

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Weaving through grasses

stellar determination

flowers to be seen

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by Scooj

  • 30 Days Wild is an initiative organised by the Wildlife Trusts. It is an annual challenge event, for those who choose to participate, to do one ‘wild’ thing a day throughout the month of June. I will try to write a nature haiku every day if I can, as my contribution to this celebration of wildlife and biodiversity. I did this back in 2015 and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.