Pastel and Prowl | Haiku

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It’s nippy in the west of Scotland – this may have influenced my haiku this week…

Cirrus clouds in a blue sky

Pastel

Pastel cirrus trails –

Memories of summer, a

Vapour trail backwards.

Autumn leaves

Prowl

Prowling rattle of

Scabrous leaves’ quick skittering,

Of winter coming.

Thanks for reading, folks. Images courtesy of Bernt Rostad and Wikipedia. My recent short stories include ‘A Clearing‘ and ‘Crib Stuck‘.

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.

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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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