Tag: Spring

Shift

 

Early Spring again

though Winter’s business is yet

incomplete, undone.

 

by Scooj

Aphids

 

Tiniest fairies

dance in the evening sun

lime green destroyers.

 

by Scooj

 

Emerald

 

Warmer breeze wakens

dozey rose chafers that crash

through the shrubbery.

 

by Scooj

Woodland

 

In ancient woodland

untouched by human labours

delicate bluebells.

 

by Scooj

Imaginings

 

My ears deceived me?

I swear I heard the shrill cries

of swifts overhead.

 

by Scooj

Fade

.

Once proud mistletoe

merges with emergent leaves

longing for Christmas.

.

by Scooj

Green shoots

 

Enthisiasm

turning over a new leaf

three-month secondment

 

by Scooj

Warm weather haircut

 

Number two on top

grading to a one elsewhere

and lose the fluff please.

 

by Scooj

 

  • These days there isn’t an awful lot to cut and most of the hard work is getting rid of the hair on/in my ears, my eyebrows etc – getting old is the pits.

Seasons are changing

 

Conversation stops

outside the kitchen window

brimstone butterfly.

 

by Scooj

 

B.S.T.

 

Absent without leave

an hour wisely recovered

with a morning snooze.

 

by Scooj