Andrew Chapman Poetry

Walk Between the Rain (a short Haiku story)

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A man in a coat

Poured whisky into a glass

Trapped in by the rain

 

The bar was crowded

All around him people talked

Hunched over his drink

 

He glanced to his right

The rain pounded the window

He refilled his drink

 

The barman knew him

He lets him keep the bottle

Only when it rains

 

The rain keeps him in

So he drowns himself in booze

The sun dries him out

 

The rain keeps, he stands

Leaves fifteen quid and a tip

Walks between the rain

Andrew Chapman Poetry

New to Haiku

Fridge-Haiku

And now; a haiku

Five syllables, seven, five

The rules are simple

 

I need a subject

So I can give this haiku

Some needed substance

 

Haiku’s stand alone

Three pithy lines and no more

But I like stories

 

Good, I think that’s it

Haiku’s are pretty easy

I am a turtle

 

And now I’ve had a practice I’ll turn my hand to the dark and horrid world my writing normally inhabits – Walk Between the Rain (a short Haiku story)