My response to MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille – our source for inspiration is a quote from Matsuo Basho: “The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.” It was my first day at school. The playground was alive with boisterous boys and giggling girls, running and […]
Month: March 2016
Glorious Morning
My response to Carpe Diem Special #201 Basho’s disciples: Morikawa Kyoroku’s ‘morning glories’ early rays of sun unravel grey morning mist frost begins to thaw * early rays of sun outline shadows with silver dew drips from branches * early rays of sun trace peaceful looping river heron dips its head * © Kim M. […]
Waiting on the Edge of a Season
This is the second of two poems I submitted to the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition back in autumn, both of which were unsuccessful. I am smitten By the hovering season When dozy drones still buzz Their mantra And leached leaves Spiral Into swirls Of their own skeletons Sultry days are […]
Night Mysteries
The old moon has crumbled Into stars There is nothing left To hold the sky together I watch it from behind my hands Feel my bones strain Under the weight of it all Waiting for the mountains Of the moon to fall Soaking up the darkness And the light Steadfast in the silence Of the […]
The Kindness of Friends
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Choose a Line. This week Mary has asked us to read the poem “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye, choose one of the lines & use it as a line in a newly written poem. I have chosen the line: ‘Notes friends tied to the doorknob’. My […]
Happiness
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #72 Use that quote […] “The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. […] Dalai Lama golden crab apple bobs aimlessly in the stream happy to be borne on capricious ebb and flow voyage of experience © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk Unfortunately no crab […]
Friendship
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge# 103 latoday.deviantart.com Essence of silver Settles on lake’s reflection Weaves weeds and water In a spellbinding moment Of innocent trust and friendship © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Onion Tears
My response to Carpe Diem #934 Onions below parchment skin silvery rings of onion bitter tears within © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Rainbows in the Mud
My response to Carpe Diem #933 Rain downpour of water bouncing in puddles creates rainbows in the mud © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Lunatic Virtuoso
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille – 4 – grin The crescent moon has almost disappeared A Cheshire cat grinning at my madness Silver smugness Reminiscent of my aunt’s Buddha Rotund on the mantelpiece Smiling down at four-year-old me Playing the ebony Notes on the upright piano A virtuoso Only Buddha didn’t think so […]
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