From indoors to outside in a couple of haiku…
Peripheral
Harsh blue light spilling
across finger-faded keys.
Peripheral, dimmed.
Pollen
Shadowless lawns and
dirt-dry, pollen-heavy air.
Summer reigns above.
*Thanks for reading folks. Second picture courtesy of Pxhere. Recent short stories include ‘Drip, Drip, Drip‘ and ‘The Worst Part‘.
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, Down in the Dirt, and Shooter magazine. He has a Professional Doctorate in Education. Matthew blogs at www.matthewjrichardson.com.
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Oh, those are so good, Matthew. What a contrast between the two. The first – lots of time there, and inside and harsh blue, and the second one… well, blissful: summer is here – run outside and enjoy!
Thanks Chris. Writing to a self-imposed deadline this week – hence the first one!😆
I’ll take the second please!
Haha that’s definitely where we’re at today! 🥵
🙂
Somehow, “Peripheral” had the ominous feel of your stories, Matthew, which aroused my curiosity about what was really happening behind the serenity of “Pollen…”
Always something going on Annie. Always!
And that is a source of delight and intrigue, Matthew!
love the contrast between these two, Matthew —
Thanks John. Bit of a stretch for the alliteration this week!