I was able to make the titles of my haiku alliterative this week, so all is well in the world again. We’re hanging off the trees and running through rock this week…
Claw
Slow, first withering.
A once-plush leaf beginning
To claw, to crumple
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Quieten
Subterranean
Run through slate-laden strata,
Through long-quietened mines.
*Thanks for reading, folks. images courtesy of George Hodan and Spodzone. My recent short stories include ‘The Lamplighter‘ and ‘Those Abroad‘.
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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one word titles too: I like that : the first one is terrific: it works as a poem in its own right and as a metaphor for the aging process we experience as well as other species —
Thanks John – very true re the ageing process – crumpling as we speak!
Thanks Mark for sharing another ‘duet’ of beautifully penned haiku. Enjoy your day My Friend.
Same to you Goff and thanks.
Cheers. Stay Safe. Stay Smiling.
Alliteration just adds to the artistry!
Haha thanks Annie. Unable to steer my last double haiku to alliteration or assonance, so glad to be back on more familiar ground!
This is so very subtle. Well done, Matthew!
Thanks Chris!