Fox

 

Wiley visitor,

a young fox surveys its patch;

cat is not amused.

 

by Scooj

Love song

 

Miss Joan Hunter Dunn

I love you more than J.B.

could have imagined.

 

by Scooj

 

With thanks to, and total admiration for John Betjeman and A Subalterns Love Song

Being

 

My mind’s eye wanders

from mortal bondage and pain

to heavenly bliss.

 

by Scooj

Between my finger and my thumb

I can’t dig with my

pen as Seamus does with his.

I’ll dig potatoes.

by Scooj

Inspired by Seamus Heaney’s beautiful poem ‘Digging’ which I read as a child. I love the metaphor. I love the poem.

Second Division

Day in Birmingham,

‘Venice’ of middle England.

Canals, not beauty.

 

by Scooj

 

Haiku 5

 

When we are long gone

you will inherit the Earth

take good care of it

 

by Scooj

Haiku 4

 

In green olive groves

concealed by the dappled shade

menacing presence.

 

by Scooj

Haiku 3

 

Deathly cold darkness

adorns Autumn’s fallen leaves

with Winter’s halo

 

by Scooj

Haiku 2

 

Your curious form

subtle cryptic camouflage

in Summer meadows.

 

by Scooj

Haiku 1

 

A butterfly comes

We all gaze on in wonder

Iridescent wings

 

by Scooj