Winter holiday

 

Anticipation

is too much to bear; skiing

in less than a week.

 

by Scooj

Relentless

 

Since dawn, the sad rain

leaves its depressing stain on

all that it touches.

 

by Scooj

Mugger

 

Up on Brandon Hill

the lazy streetwise squirrels

mug folk for vittels.

 

by Scooj

Frost

 

Jack came calling last

night; sugar-crystal blanket

transforms the garden.

 

by Scooj

Three squirrels

 

One by one by one

they ripple up and down trees

foraging for food.

 

by Scooj

Winter warmer

 

Bright flames dance and coal

crackles; creature comforts of

a warm Winter fire.

 

by Scooj

Happy

 

Joyful crisp morning

walking my daughter to school

chatting and laughing.

 

by Scooj

 

  • You see, it’s not all bad out there.

Invisible

 

Passers by avert

their gaze; it is rude after

all to stop and stare.

 

by Scooj

Butterfly day

 

Flitting from here to

there, never stopping for long;

these Winter weekends.

 

by Scooj

Bright

 

Blind from the sun’s kiss,

a sweet inconvenience

of Winter’s orbit.

 

by Scooj