Autumn has arrived in Scotland this week with the coming of Storm Agnes. I have a couple of thematic haiku, although we’re not quite in frosty territory just yet…
Cobble
Ribbons of coal smoke
Low over cobbled closes,
Under icy eaves.
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Cloud
Gutters brim-full with
Birds’ nests and leaves, moss and mulch.
Bruised clouds overhead.
*Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of Brock Roseberry and Alan Devine. My recent short stories include ‘Little Daily Miracles‘ 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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Ah, Autumn’s arrival Thanks Matthew for sharing this pair of haiku. Great writes My Friend. Love the line ‘Bruised clouds overhead’. Happy Sunday. Happy Writing.
Cheers Goff and happy Autumn to you too!
Thanks My Friend. Stay Smiling.
Nicely done, Matthew. Very blustery from UK and from S Africa too last week!
Thanks Chris. It has calmed down in the UK for now, but more to come I believe!
“cobbled closes” and “bruised clouds”…another two lovely pairings!
Thanks Annie. I like me a bit of twee imagery!
I don’t know how I missed these, Matthew. The photos are very atmospheric; the cloud one is a gem 🙂