Summer and Sea | Haiku

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Summer takes two different forms in this week’s haiku…

A mountain scene with traces of snow left under the sun.

Summer

Retreating into

shadowed corries and high crags –

summer snow, fleeing.

The sea on a calm day.

Sea

Flat, viscous – lulling

fishermen into thinking

the sea is their friend.

Thanks for reading folks. Recent short stories include ‘Deposition‘ 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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19 thoughts on “Summer and Sea | Haiku”

  5. The second poem has a foreboding twist at the end, like many of your short stories. The first would fit nicely in a coffee table book of micro poetry. My nod goes to haiku #2–vintage Richardson. 🤗

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