Light and Lilac | Haiku

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Evenings are stretching long here in Scotland; a couple of haiku to suit…

Smooth flow of blended warm golden and cool purple colors

Light

Those summer evenings

of adolescence. Time and

light, stretched like taffy.

Wild grass and wildflowers in a meadow at sunset with purple clouds overhead

Lilac

Gathering night creeps

up the eastern sky – bars of

mauve, lilac, and plum.

Enjoyed this? Sign up to my blog below. Written in response to Pensivity101’s Three Things Challenge. Recent short stories include ‘His the Night‘ and ‘Twelve Cans Beans‘.

Matthew J. Richardson’s fiction has appeared in publications including Golddust Magazine, Flashback Fiction, Close to the Bone, Shooter, and Idle Ink. His work often explores psychological tension, place, and the quiet edges of human behaviour. He lives in Scotland and holds a Professional Doctorate in Education.

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Published by Matthew J. Richardson

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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9 thoughts on “Light and Lilac | Haiku”

  4. Brilliant! The taffy reference is perfect. Growing up on Lake Erie in northern Ohio we often saw storms roll in during the evening and the clouds did look like taffy being stretched out.

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