Bristle and Mulch | Haiku

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Morning folks,

whilst I usually like to utilise alliteration or assonance in my double-haiku titles, this week’s creations simply wouldn’t go that way, hence the below, slightly idiosyncratic, pairing…

A field of wheat against a blue sky

Bristle

Bristled, finger-brushed,

Wind-shifted and sun-beaten.

Pale green to yellow.

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Compost maker

Mulch

Plant pot remains, damp

Cuttings and dinner leavings.

From messy to mulched.

*Thanks for reading, folks. Former image Copyright Matthew J. Richardson. Second image courtesy of Wikipedia. My recent short stories include ‘The Lamplighter‘ 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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Published by Matthew J. Richardson

Words in Gold Dust magazine, Literally Stories, Close to the Bone, McStorytellers, Fiction Junkies, Soft Cartel, Whatever Keeps the Lights On, Flashback Fiction, CafeLit, Best Microfiction 2021, Writer’s Egg, Idle Ink, and Shooter.

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13 thoughts on “Bristle and Mulch | Haiku”

  4. don’t know how I missed this one, Matthew but glad I checked; yes, I liked the unusual pairing and the unusual subject matter; the photos complement the text perfectly; I love the economy of the texts, especially the domestic tang of the second, and its alliterative last line —

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      1. Ah, is it the Richardson compost pile of which you write? I missed this one too—and I can’t find your work in Reader. But I’ll keep tracking you down. Every piece is a pleasure to read.

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      2. The Richardson compost heap is in dire need of turning over before the autumn haha! That’s really weird re the reader – hopefully it’s just one of these WP glitches that sorts itself out.

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      3. No longer a worry. After a year of problems accessing emailed posts, I can now reach most posts that way. WP seems determined to limit, but not eliminate, my viewing options. (!?)

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