Here I collect small, but polished, observational pieces/moments of experience - in a nutshell haiku/senryu or other forms of micropoetry and very short fiction.

For my main blog please go to http://stellapierides.com

 

‘out of uniform’ #21 May 2013

out of uniform –

on the bus home the nurse 

rolls a cigarette

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‘siesta’ #20 May 2013

siesta 

emptiness in the heart 

of the forest

This is an image I created for my blog post ‘Blind Spots’ at Haiku Matters.
Taken on the 18th of May 2013, and manipulated using Be Funky, it is of a medieval Gate Wall, in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
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This is an image I created for my blog post ‘Blind Spots’ at Haiku Matters.

Taken on the 18th of May 2013, and manipulated using Be Funky, it is of a medieval Gate Wall, in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

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Romantische Strasse –
lowering the price
of diesel
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Photo: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, best preserved medieval city in southern Germany.

Romantische Strasse –

lowering the price

of diesel

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Photo: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, best preserved medieval city in southern Germany.

euphorbia
the day I misspelled
your name…

euphorbia

the day I misspelled

your name…

‘deep shade’ #13 May 2013

deep shade

the teeth behind

her coy smile

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Mother’s Day
the missing iris

from her earring
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Photo: 11 May 2013, Diessen am Ammersee

Mother’s Day

the missing iris

from her earring

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Photo: 11 May 2013, Diessen am Ammersee

rain jacket
pots at the clay fest
collecting water
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A photo from today’s Pottery market at Diessen am Ammersee, Bavaria
(10 May 2013)

rain jacket

pots at the clay fest

collecting water

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A photo from today’s Pottery market at Diessen am Ammersee, Bavaria

(10 May 2013)

‘weak sun’ #9 May 2013

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weak sun

sky the colour of water 

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‘homemade jam’ #8 May 2013

homemade jam —

taste of redcurrants

holding the sun