Slow and Stretch | Haiku

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We’re slowing down and entering hyperphagia in preparation for winter hibernation with a couple of Autumnal haiku…

Oxbow lake in Autumn

Slow

Slow parabola

Of oxbow lake, speaking to

Thwarted ambition.

A canal in Autumn, overhung by trees shedding their leaves.

Stretch

Autumn-stilled stretch

Of gunmetal grey canal,

Of arrowed towpath.

Thanks for reading, folks. Image courtesy of Iain A. Robertson. My recent short stories include ‘Sunset Hours‘ 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 Univers

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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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