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Joanna Ashwell

Choices

I’m on one of my weekend stays with my Nana. I love staying up late to watch tv, looking forward to the darkness of a different bed and the randomness of the mini cereal packs for the morning’s breakfast. Rice Krispies, Frosties, Cocoa Pops, Corn Flakes… A different one for each day, all specially bought for me. Maybe toast on offer—the metal rack fascinates me with its slots for the bread. And the butter curls placed on a saucer, along with marmalades of lime or orange or some other flavour my tongue hasn’t tasted. I climb the stairs, passing the ornamental dog. I stroke the hard, cool body; the paint has faded, but you can still tell it was a German Shepherd. I don’t care, I love it anyway and say goodnight. It’s the little things that delight.

kingfisher
a slip of blue
within the river

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About the Author

Joanna Ashwell, a writer from the north-east of England, is a member of various societies for haiku and tanka.  Enjoys reading and writing haiku, tanka, haibun, cherita, and other related forms.