.
My ancestral home
deposit daughter in halls
on to my cousin’s
.
by Scooj
.
My ancestral home
deposit daughter in halls
on to my cousin’s
.
by Scooj
.
Bitter-sweet feeling
great pride laced with emptiness
no time to look back
.
by Scooj
.
Tears before bedtime
leaving home is difficult
University
.
by Scooj
Lethargic students
trudge their way to lecture halls
nursing excesses.
by Scooj
Intoxicated
with life and a new purpose
young students gather
fresh-faced and full of promise
as I was once long ago.
by Scooj
What future for the
lad in the white linen suit
and fur collared gown?
by Scooj
Happy happy day,
mums and dads brimming with pride;
mortar boards and gowns.
by Scooj