Behind bare branches All the boats are safely moored Winter has arrived ©Kim M. Russell, 2015 I have revised this haiku following a suggestion from a WordPress friend!
Month: December 2015
Off-line this morning…
I had to get up at 5.15, left the house at 6.30 to drive to Cambridgeshire and was late due to an accident on the A11 and a stand-still on the A14. I got back at 12.10, had something to eat and now I think I’ll go back to bed for a read and a […]
Filling the Norfolk Sky
Curlews call their name Filling the vast Norfolk sky Tearing asunder With their bittersweet quaver An unseen seasonal seam ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Winter Blossom
Delicate blossom Pale snowflakes on sparse branches A winter surprise ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Vapour Trail
Vapour trail ribbon Across the sky tying up Late afternoon clouds ©Kim M. Russell, 2015
Exciting!
Congratulations on getting 200 total follows on writing in north norfolk! I got so excited about this that I misspelled ‘thank you’ on a reply to a comment! I know that in the grand scheme of things, compared to those of you who have been blogging so much longer than I have, 200 is a fraction […]
Another disappointment
I submitted this response to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 to a competition and once again my poem was not selected. Where am I going wrong? Response to Sonnet 12 I shall not watch the hands that tell the time, For fear of days that hasten into night; The face I loved to touch when in its […]
2015 – What a year!
Video post by @VioletsVeganCom. Source: 2015 – What a year!
My haibun…
for Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuilleand Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie. Challenge: “re-write” a haiku by one of the classic haiku poetesses, Chiyo-Ni. the naked branch of the plum gives its quintessence to its final falling leaf ©Kim M. Russell, 2015