Peripheral and Pollen | Haiku

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From indoors to outside in a couple of haiku…

A laptop keyboard bathed in blue light

Peripheral

Harsh blue light spilling

across finger-faded keys.

Peripheral, dimmed.

A sunlit garden

Pollen

Shadowless lawns and

dirt-dry, pollen-heavy air.

Summer reigns above.

*Thanks for reading folks. Second picture courtesy of Pxhere. Recent short stories include ‘Drip, Drip, Drip‘ and ‘The Worst Part‘.

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, Down in the Dirt, and Shooter magazine. He has a Professional Doctorate in Education. Matthew blogs at www.matthewjrichardson.com.

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Published by Matthew J. Richardson

Words in Gold Dust magazine, Literally Stories, Close to the Bone, McStorytellers, Fiction Junkies, Soft Cartel, Whatever Keeps the Lights On, Flashback Fiction, CafeLit, Best Microfiction 2021, Writer’s Egg, Idle Ink, and Shooter.

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10 thoughts on “Peripheral and Pollen | Haiku”

  1. Oh, those are so good, Matthew. What a contrast between the two. The first – lots of time there, and inside and harsh blue, and the second one… well, blissful: summer is here – run outside and enjoy!

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