Frenzy and Fragile | Haiku

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We’re down amongst the weeds with the bugs today, with a couple of haiku…

A highly-detailed image of an ants nest.

Frenzy

Teeming, a silent

frenzy. Order in chaos,

mandibles twitching.

A violet ground beetle with a thorax sheened with tinges of green and purple, set against grass stems.

Fragile

Cumbersome, fragile.

Thorax livery in shades

of green and purple.

Thanks for reading folks. Recent short stories include ‘Scale and Perspective‘ and ‘Picking your Mark‘.

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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2 thoughts on “Frenzy and Fragile | Haiku”

  1. Hmm, I’m not so keen on the first one. The photo, I mean. The second photo is gorgeous, especially since I can see one of those just outside here! However, your two haiku are both delightful, Matthew.

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