Ochre Idyls

Poems, Haiku/Tanka, Short Fictions

"There is wonder," she said to me. Her words came over my shoulder, close into my personal space. Her voice was soft. Her breath, just touching my ear, was warm.

I turned. She smiled.

"Oh, you're the artist!"

She blushed.

I smiled.

"I see I can no longer work in black."

  • Fiction
  • 51 words
  • < 1 min
  • July 04, 2025