Mud and More | Haiku

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A couple of hiking haiku today…

Mud

Mud around the legs

Of the foot-worn, wind-weathered

Stile. A way across.

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More

Shadow-gullied and

Cornice-crusted. White on black.

More snow on the way.

*Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of Graham Horn and Garry Smales. My recent short stories include ‘Little Daily Miracles‘ and ‘We, the Dead‘.

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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Stories in Golddust Magazine, Literally Stories, Idle Ink, Writer's Egg, CafeLit, McStorytellers, Whatever Keeps the Lights On, Flashback Fiction, Down in the Dirt, Close to the Bone, Shooter, Soft Cartel, Fiction Junkies, and Heavenly Flower Publishing

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