Fragment of a story called Click.
Download Click in pdf format.
Haiku are simple, potentially beautiful 3 line Japanese poems.
Traditionally, haiku are written to a strict metrical form, or rhythm. Three lines compose a haiku. The first line is supposed to have five syllables, line 2 has seven syllables and the last line has five, making 17 syllables in all.
Some flexibility of metre is allowed when translating Japanese haiku into English. thewrightline takes full advantage of this tradition - called free form haiku.
In addition to the metrical feature mentioned above, haiku seek to express the essence of the poem's subject - sometimes described as connecting with the subject through the words comprising the haiku. This is a meditative pastime that reaches beyond intellect.
It is hoped the haiku offered here have been true to this second task - that has anyway been the intention of writing them.
Go to the haiku pages to judge for yourself.
The short story is a much debated form of literature. I understand this debate has been mooted since Victorian times, when the concept of a litrary 'genre' became important to certain individuals.
Prior to the birth of the debate, people simply told each other stories. Such a habit has a history as old as human language.
Some of these stories were passed down the ages in the form of myth and legend.
Ironically, before becoming considered worthy of academic study, stories were an essential part of everyones' education.
thewrightline offers a collection of short stories based on the colours of a rainbow. These colours are related to different forms of love from the perspective of middle age.
We hope you enjoy them.