Morning folks,
we’re in the air and on the ground this morning with a couple of haiku…

Windsock
Windsock snaphapping.
Crosswind-bustled, harried, tugged,
A breeze-rippled flare.

Woodlouse
Granite slab lifted.
Light-shy scurryings towards
The comforting dark.
*Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of George Hodan and BugBlog. 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 really like these, Matthew. The windsock is a brilliant tongue-twister and the little woodlouse suddenly seems rather sweet.
Thanks Chris. Not the most natural pairing in the world but I kind of like them that way!
“the comforting dark”: your best third line yet!
Thanks David. Definitely a theme as I struggled to get up for work this morning!
I love snaphapping!
Thanks Claudia. I was going to take that out but I did love the composite verb!
I like the wood louse one very much, Matthew; I had trouble with ‘snaphapping’
Thanks John. My own Franken-verb there!
Great odd pairing. I, too, love snaphapping!
Masterly penned Matthew. Happy Haiku Writing my Friend.
Thanks Goff. I always enjoy trading haiku with you!
Cheers.