Wind and Winter | Haiku

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The weather has turned, the nights are drawing in – a couple of appropriately themed haiku…

A grey boulder covered in yellowish lichen.

Wind

Old alluvium,

host to wind-blasted lichen.

Yellow-green on grey.

Image of a winter sun dawning dully. The sky is full of greys and dark blues and ochres. It is as though the dawn is struggling to spread light over the sky.

Winter

Winter dawn’s half-light –

greys and blues, muted ochres.

A dog-day breaking.

Thanks for reading folks. Recent short stories include ‘A Prompting at Greysteer House‘ and ‘The Clacks‘.

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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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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