Morning folks,
A couple of spring/summer haiku…
Tremble
Desiccated strands
Of husk-dry wheat. Wind-trembled,
Fizzing under sun.
Tendril
Last piquant light
Of a low-slung, reaching sun.
Tendrilled warmth retreats.
*Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of Pexels and Pickpic . My recent short stories include ‘Wean’s Crabbit‘ and ‘Frost and Fight‘.
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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Two beautifully penned haiku Matthew. Happy Sunday My Friend.
Same to you Goff!
Cheers.
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Thanks Goff – much appreciated!
Pleasure.
love the alliterative captions, Matthew and that word ‘fizz’: lifts the haiku —
Thanks John. Getting ahead of myself a bit with the seasons but thought I’d have a dip into summer.
with winter around the corner, Matthew, we’ll soon be fancying a dip into summer in Oz 🙂
The tendrilled warmth retreating is a great word picture. Well done, as always, Matthew.
Thanks David. A rare bit of warmth in Scotland today, so thought I’d take advantage of it!
Nice, Matthew!
Thanks! Weather was too nice not to do a couple of haiku to be honest!
Well done, Matthew. I particularly liked ‘Fizzing under sun’ – lovely!
Thanks Chris. I know everyone keeps saying it but it really is great to have you back on WP!
🤗
Nice haiku. I enjoy both reading and writing Japanese short poetic forms.
Thank you. I agree it’s a great form!