On Dec. 3rd, our poetry exchange shared short texts, stories and poems about serendipity or coincidence- the odd, surprising collisions of fortune which are often stranger than fiction.
Here is a contribution from Mike Nightingale, in the form of a chain of haiku, a Japanese form, usually of 17 syllables set out in groups of 3 lines.
Serendipity
Advantageous union
Chance ducks in a row...
Coincidental
Happy or unhappy meeting,
Take a chance on me...
Million to one...
National lottery hoax,
Every one a loser.
Haphazard meetings,
Roulette life style prevailing,
Know when to cash in!
Mike Nightingale 17/11/25