A couple of salt-flecked haiku this morning…
Shrill
Shrill-whistled calling.
Wheeling white, black, and orange –
Oystercatcher’s flight.
Swell
Double-flash…dark.
A paraffin carousel
On Atlantic swell.
*Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of Wikipedia and Chris Downer. My recent short stories include ‘Digging‘ and ‘After‘.
Matthew Richardson is a writer of short stories. His work has featured in Gold Dust magazine, Literally Stories, Close to the Bone, McStorytellers, Penny Shorts, Soft Cartel, Whatever Keeps the Lights On, Flashback Fiction, Cafelit, Best MicroFiction 2021, Writer’s Egg, Idle Ink, The Wild Word, and Shooter magazine. He is a doctoral student at the University of Dundee, a lucky husband, and a proud father. He blogs at www.matthewjrichardson.com and tweets at https://twitter.com/mjrichardso0.
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I was so glad to see a new post by you: I needed something good and this brightened the darkening sky like the ‘paraffin carousel’ of your poem 🙂
Thanks John. There’s been a wee bit of research for a nautical story that I’m writing, which might have coloured my choice of haiku somewhat!
I like my poems sea-salted 🙂
No vinegar to offer, I’m afraid!
Delicious. Thank you.
Thanks Selma – very much appreciated!
Ah, the ocean! I am there. I feel the swell, I smell the breeze and hear the seabirds calling. Another great write My Friend.
Thanks as always!
Pleasure My Friend.
I love using rhyme in haiku. Whether true to the form, or not, it works. You also pack plenty of visuals into 17 syllables. Well done.
Thanks David, very much appreciated as always.
Another fine pairing, Matthew: each one is “swell.”
Thanks, and a top-class nautical pun to top it off!
Actually, a rather puny pun, unworthy of your elegant haiku.
😆 All puns welcome here!
So clever, Matthew. Two pairs from top to bottom!
Thanks Chris! Very much appreciated as always.