.
Children sit on walls
or wait on pavement corners
as they coalesce
.
excited morning greetings
friendship groups saunter to school
.
by Scooj
Tag: School
Dread
.
Returning to school
such a miserable thing
even via Zoom
.
by Scooj
Getting personal
.
COVID creeps closer
school year eleven bubble
confined to barracks
.
by Scooj
A memory
.
Cold winter shower
after house football at school
sadistic teachers
.
by Scooj
Day 1
With some excitement
teens get extended school break
then… dad I’m so bored
Aargh Scooj
School
.
Up to school for an
information evening
slight feeling of dread
.
by Scooj
School swimming lessons remembered
.
That little schoolboy
petrified and insecure;
a bully teacher.
Butterflies in his tummy
and mental paralysis.
.
by Scooj
Parent’s evening
.
Anxious walk to school
hearing truths from the half-truths
peddled back at home.
.
by Scooj
Redland Court succession
Once a fine manor
then a school for young ladies
soon to become flats.
by Scooj
Holiday hours
So what time is this?
I growl at my daughter, who
rises after lunch.
by Scooj
