Good morning readers,
two more haiku for consumption….
Supine
Staccato patter
Onto supine slates and down
into mossy gutters.
Scree
Juniper slopes lap
At scree-scattered inclines and
Snow-packed corries.
Thanks for reading folks. Photos courtesy of Wikipedia and https://www.flickr.com/photos/ipohkia/2532095654
Matthew Richardson is a writer of short stories. His work has featured in Gold Dust magazine, Literally Stories, Near to the Knuckle, McStorytellers, Penny Shorts, Soft Cartel, Whatever Keeps the Lights On, and Shooter magazine. He is an absentee member of the Glasgow Writers Group, a PhD student at the University of Dundee, a lucky husband, and a proud father.
Not necessarily in that order.
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Fascinating how you combine geometry (in a way) with poetry. Nicely done.
Thanks so much. Very kind of you!
I really like these. I’d like to learn how to write haiku. Are there particular rules?
Thanks! The rules I work to are 5-7-5 syllables. They’re usually nature based and have a twist or surprise in the last line. Really just a free-for-all though. I usually bend the rules tbh!
I will try and have a go. I’m not very good at rules, but will definitely try. 😊
I am so happy now!!! What a lovely moment. Also I love this now-sign
(whoops hit enter too soon lol). Also I love this now-signature-Matthew double haiku with joint post title…. making each a three-word poem on its own… I always enjoy these post of yours so much.
Thanks Nadine! One haiku always seems slightly curmudgeonly whereas two feels more worthy of a read whilst still being pithy and short!
“Curmudgeonly” heehee. Well I think each is a gift to us all and could easily stand on its own (in every case) but I also now feel like you have invented a triptych art form which I fInd pithy indeed. Love seeing them. 👍👍👌
Haha thanks Nadine 😄 I’ll see about copyrighting!
lol yes good idea. Suggested name: “Daiku”? (double + haiku, also means “capenter” in Japanese, not too bad) 😉👌😄
*carpenter not capenter :))
Sold! You should get that trademarked ASAP that’s worth a fortune!
Do it!!!! was your idea. :))))))))))))
Brilliant vivid imagery, Matt! Great job 🙂
Thanks Tom very kind of you!
Gorgeous
Thanks so much. Very kind as always!
Splendid imagery and lovely double haiku.
Thanks so much. Very kind of you!
My pleasure!
Vivid metaphors —-rich usage of language—a style so promising. Anand Bose from Kerala
Thanks again Anand. Very generous of you!
Brilliant work, Matt! Looking forward to more!
Just a heads-up (because a few other bloggers including Fandango & Pensitivity101 have written about it) – an account at Digital Ocean is reblogging different bloggers’ work without their knowledge (yours and mine included); good thing we both use copyright on our posts, so that helps.
Plenty of bloggers have already complained about it (& Digital Ocean’s responses in the comments) so hopefully it’ll be addressed soon.
https://fivedotoh.com/2019/08/03/feel-free-to-use-this-badge/
Thanks Tom. Just back from a trip away and back to all this controversy! Seems like you and the rest of the community have managed to bring them to rights though so thanks! Always struck me as a bizarre thing to do. What possible pleasure can there be in such blatant plagiarism?!
Looks like they’re taking steps to resolve it, but yeah – it was a general blog search website that had shared links to people’s stories & poems (without anyone agreeing for it to use them beforehand) and sometime it wouldn’t accredit the right authors. Pretty worrying for all concerned, but looks like it’s being remedied.