Structure

Decayed leaves, Bristol, January 2018
Decayed leaves, Bristol, January 2018

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Lignin skeleton

where winter showers arrest

architectural

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by Scooj

Testing… testing

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No need for alarm

3pm interruption

national alert

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Reminiscence V

Sand Lizard, The Gower, Wales, July 2011
Sand Lizard, Gower Peninsula, Wales, July 2011

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Our attention grabbed

a rare sand lizard scuttles

while we tend our rods

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Reminiscence IV

Silver birch, Bristol, April 2016
Silver birch, Bristol, April 2016

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Silver birch catkins

set against a cool spring sky

life then was simpler

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Reminiscence III

Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014
Fossil beds, Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex, April 2014

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The Bracklesham beds

a rare spring tide exposure

Eocene secrets

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Reminiscence II

Jessie, St Agnes, Cornwall, May 2011
Jessie, St Agnes, Cornwall, May 2011

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Adored companion

poised on heather-clad cliffs

long walks in Cornwall

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Reminiscence I

St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, April 2007
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, April 2007

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To St Michael’s Mount

on holidays with the kids

to see my father

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Departed

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We remember them

they live on in our stories

after we are gone

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Solo

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Dance of the mayfly

choreographic display

nobody’s watching

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by Scooj

  • On seeing an urban male mayfly that hatched a little too early. I’m not sure that I have ever seen one in Bristol before.

Choices

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Nature or anger

topic choices for haiku

driven by a mood

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by Scooj