Tag: Work

Green shoots

 

Enthisiasm

turning over a new leaf

three-month secondment

 

by Scooj

Too short the break

 

The week ahead looms

my spirits gloomy and low

there’s no va va voom.

 

by Scooj

Short break

 

Tying up loose ends

just a bit demob-happy

sing so long suckers.

 

by Scooj

Home at work

 

Unusual sound

baby cries in the office

to mixed reactions

a human reminder in

a sterile environment.

 

by Scooj

Distracted

 

Planning for Monday

seriously interferes

with weekend downtime.

 

by Scooj

Office view

 

Here sit I each day

overlooking the treetops

dreaming of freedom.

 

by Scooj

 

This Haiku started off as something rather different, but I didn’t like it – I include it below just to demonstrate the transition of what I wanted to convey, but couldn’t in the first form.

It’s a privilege

to sit at canopy height

and observe the birds.

Occupation

 

Large windows offer

fleeting moments of escape,

then it’s back to work.

 

by Scooj

Prisoner cell (phone)

 

I’m surgically

attached to my headset and

want to leave the call.

 

by Scooj

Old timer

 

I count them in and

then I count them out; I am

an ever-present.

 

by Scooj

Late in the office

 

Others have gone home;

shut the door on your way out

I think to myself.

 

by Scooj