We’ve a couple of maritime haiku this Sunday…
Stilled
Iridescent blue,
stilled and sluggish. The peaceful
face of treachery.
Sated
Far-reaching flotsam,
High-tided on the pebbles.
Ambition sated.
Thanks for reading folks. Recent short stories include ‘The Silver-Lined Ridge‘ and ‘A Shadow World‘.
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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love the first one especially, Matthew: I didn’t see that coming !!
Thanks John. Yes it took a bit of an unexpected turn as I was writing it!
I love it when my writing does that: the subconscious brain is active too —
Two great ones, Matthew. Also I really like your second photo, since you pick up things like that on the beach.
I loved it too! One of the rare times AI comes up with something suitable at the first time if asking.
Wonderful as always. Thank you for your hard work.
Thanks Christopher.
You really have made this format yours, Matthew. I so enjoy following your imagination in these pairings.
Thanks Annie. I’m nearly all summered-out. Looking forward to some autumn haiku 😃
‘Stilled’ has an unexpected wham at the end 🙂
Thanks John!