He set himself a poet’s challenge: to catch the lightning flash of life within the form — five, seven, five — ancient, timeless, perfect. With great care, he smoothed the rice paper, tipped his brush with indigo ink and wrote:
Brittle dawn air stirs
Quickening steps through hoarfrost
Miles ahead, hot tea
Nick Young is an award-winning retired journalist whose career included twenty years as a CBS News correspondent. His writing has appeared as part of the episodic novel “The Whole Wide World” (Sweetycat Press) and in the San Antonio Review, Short Story Town, CafeLit Magazine, Fiery Scribe Review, 50-Word Stories, Pigeon Review and Vols. I and II of the Writer Shed Stories anthologies.
I compose haiku, and, Nick, I absolutely LOVE this! Great job in combining two literary structures. Love both the visuals and the emotions I felt while reading this. Thank you for this gem. :-)
Beautifully written piece. :)
Thank you very much, Lisa.
Very kind, Jenise. Thank you.
This is really, really good. Really good.
Thanks very much, Victor.
Congratulations for “Story of the Week”!
Thank you, Jenise.