My response to dVerse Poets Pub’s Haibun Monday #15 All Things Quotidian Toni has challenged us to think about everyday occurrences and write about them in a compact, haibun of one paragraph with one haiku at the end. The haiku must be 5-7-5 or short-long-short and must be about nature, tying the everyday things all together. […]
Day: June 7, 2016
Demented Forest
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #116 She felt herself shrinking In a forest of demented trees Monochrome like barcodes From a neurodegenerative disease. She felt a rage erupting That mutated into delusion, Dived deep into strange faces, Emerging in confusion. She couldn’t remember the way Along paths she’d often trod But familiar walks […]
Landlocked Luxembourg
My response to Carpe Diem #971 Luxembourg (The Green Heart of Europe) Set in hills and cliffs, landlocked fairy-tale duchy, medieval gem rose from the ashes of war fizzing with fresh Moselle wine. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailyemerald.com