.
Most people are good
leading normal, decent lives
with love and respect
.
The greedy lying bastards
deceive and line their pockets
.
by Scooj
Tag: Tanka
Teflon-coated
.
Surely, surely now
Boris Johnson should step down
worst Prime Minister
.
But there is no chance of that
and everybody knows it
.
by Scooj
Climate emergency
.
Governments tell us
we need time to make changes
‘people aren’t ready’
meanwhile we see Rome burning
I sense a revolution
.
by Scooj
- I am sickened by governments around the world asserting that making rapid changes to our fossil fuel habits will not be accepted by businesses or people. Surely the point here is that they must lead us through this difficult time, making those difficult choices, and selling the long-term benefits to their citizens. Sadly they are still in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry and other big players for whom change is costly and inconvenient. History will remember them for the pathetic cowards they are. They are failing in their duty to protect citizens and our beautiful home, Planet Earth. Time to change this ‘old order’.
Parsley in my ears
.
Waiting for the boy
to watch the match together
the joy of playback
.
shut out all noises or clues
I’ll put parsley in my ears
.
by Scooj
This is a rather cryptic Tanka which I am composing while waiting for my son to get home from his late shift so that we can watch the England v Scotland match together on playback. I have to guard against hearing the neighbours shouting or turning on the radio or even using my phone in case I see or hear anything that might give away the score.
Putting parsley in my ears is an oblique reference to an Asterix cartoon book ‘Asterix the Gladiator’ in which the Roman soldiers put parsley in their ears so that they wouldn’t hear Cacofonix the bard singing, such was the dreadful noise he made.
School walk
.
Children sit on walls
or wait on pavement corners
as they coalesce
.
excited morning greetings
friendship groups saunter to school
.
by Scooj
A short letter on the matter of lies
.
Dear Boris Johnson
you have spun a web of lies
in which you are trapped
.
I was taught not to tell lies
Yours etcetera, Stephen
.
by Scooj
Easing
.
Caution abandoned
outdoor gatherings scale up
enjoying freedom
.
is there a sting in the tail
a nasty surprise in store?
.
by Scooj
Bristol protests
.
Media focus
embedded in the wrong place
rather than our rights
.
playing straight into the hands
of Priti and her henchmen
.
by Scooj
GOP shame
.
In his final days
the crybaby President
calls in his henchmen
bigots, white-supremicists
far right factions are mustered
.
by Scooj
Purdown battery
.
Where once AA guns
fired upon German bombers
keeping Bristol safe
natural wild overgrowth
thrives in the concrete ruins
.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 