.
So little has changed
since last I visited here
a great deal has changed
.
by Scooj
on returning to the office after two years away.
Tag: Poetry
Unwelcome
.
Shame of a nation
where process trumps compassion
you are not welcome
.
by Scooj
* I am utterly disgusted by and ashamed of our government and the disgraceful way they have conducted themselves with the visa system for Ukrainian refugees. As a UK citizen I feel tarnished with their appalling indifference and lack of urgency for a European crisis. They do not speak for me or reflect my views.
Brexit was meant to free us from bureaucratic processes and allow us to be fleet of foot. Hah! Just like everything else to do with Brexit, it is a myth. The conservatives are playing to the nationalist sentiment in their party and voters, who don’t want any kind of immigration. It is disgusting. The sooner we have a more compassionate and honest government the better.
I am so ashamed to be British.
Early morning
.
Chilly morning walk
father and son on the beach
looking for fossils
.
by Scooj
Stories
.
An old lady speaks
telling stories of her life
we sit and listen
.
by Scooj
Redland
.
On the final leg
branch line to Redland station
the weekend starts here
.
by Scooj
Distraction
.
An evening out
celebrating sixty years
of Jonathan G
.
by Scooj
What’s the point
.
Twice I have heard this,
putting things into context
sense of proportion
.
by Scooj
Invasion
.
I can’t shut it out
no matter how hard I try
fear, worry, loss, hope
.
by Scooj
Dirty money
.
Talk of dirty cash
by those that have gained from it
difficult to take
.
by Scooj
Broken-hearted
.
The tempo of the moment
I drag my feet behind me
slow, slow, quick, quick, slow
a leaden, broken-hearted, tango
.
Newsbeats punctuate the day
fuelling my impotence
wading through treacle
a saddened, broken-hearted, people
.
Generation’s legacy
it’s as if we’ve learned nothing
and Putin’s disdain
fragmented, broken-hearted, Ukraine
.
by Scooj
* I always feel it is a bit of a risk writing poetry like this. I don’t have a particularly highly developed skill for it, but I just wrote the words on a notepad, and, well, I’m sharing them. I am struggling to come to terms with the war in Ukraine, but it is only one of several defining moments of our time which have been handled rather badly… Climate crisis, biodiversity crisis, COVID-19, nationalism and war. What a bloody mess.
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