A couple of hiking haiku today…
Mud
Mud around the legs
Of the foot-worn, wind-weathered
Stile. A way across.
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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You’ve captured nature’s fleeting moments beautifully, from muddy stiles to imminent snowfall — a vivid journey in just a few words.
Thanks Susan. Weather is well and truly on the turn in Scotland!
You’re telling me! The rain yesterday was mental.
Capturing the elemental vagaries of the weather in a nutshell! Great writes My Friend
Thanks Goff! Your kindness is always appreciated!
Pleasure My Friend.
We all, at times, need a way across—with more snow on the way.
I love how these two haiku complement each other. It also gives a glimpse into typical Scottish weather.
Haha they certainly speak to the usual dreich weather, David (although it is lovely today). Many thanks as always.
The two haiku are beautifully done.
Wind and wet are fine, but all that snow is too much for me!
Thanks Chris. Yes you moved in the right direction for the avoidance of snow!
I liked them both, but “More” delivered more than my sense of what a haiku could achieve.
Thanks as always! Very kind of you.
I love the cute stile — a poem in itself and that phrase ‘cornice-crusted’ ; clever and apt —
Thanks John. One has more danger than the other, but both are likely to be unpleasant in the winter! 😆