My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 7 Jane’s last haiku In the last episode of the tribute theme week for Jane Reichhold, Chèvrefeuille has asked us to share our memories and haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form about Jane Reichhold. He also shared Jane’s last haiku, her Jisei: with the moon night […]
Month: August 2016
Amor vincit omnia
My response to Carpe Diem #1022 dreams Inspired by a quote from Chèvrefeuille: “I know I am a dreamer … but I believe strongly that love will conquer all evil … and, as spring is here again, then I only can say: Yes love has conquered again!!” spring conquers winter banishing cold and darkness a […]
Broken Blush
My response to Elusive Trope’s Magnetic Poetry Saturday Challenge Prisoner of laughing Lips, How is a heart cool As ice, A joyless and haunting Broken blush? © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Love the Moment
My response to Carpe Diem #1021 love the moment – based on an inspirational quote from the artist Corita Kent (1918-1986): “Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.” heart-shaped poplar leaves shimmer in motionless air hum in gentle breeze © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Farewell Rose
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – August 13, 2016 Picture from The Book of the City of Ladies written by Christine de Pisan Farewell rose So white and so fair Gracious queen Smile serene Pole star in the darkest night So fair and so white © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Punting on the Cam
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night # 177 Gayle of Bodhirose’s Blog was the host for Thursday’s Open Link Night. She mentioned that three of her siblings have birthdays in August, as do I! Mine was on Wednesday and my husband took me on a surprise trip to Cambridge. While the Poets Pub was […]
Single Cloud
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 5 “Ask Jane …” To honour Jane Reichhold’s knowledge Chèvrefeuille has shared another of her articles with us, entitled “Fragment and Phrase Theory” and asks usl to create haiku (or tanka) using the fragment and phrase theory. single cloud in sky above blue water craves own […]
At the end of a Rainbow
My response to Carpe Diem # 1020 rainbow Today, Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with a quote from Maya Angelou: “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” a cloud holds only so many tears – the colours of a prism merge and mingle into bright smiles at the end of a rainbow © Kim […]
Sublimity of Daybreak
My response to Carpe Diem Theme Week (6) 4 Tanka Splendor In this episode Chèvrefeuille has shared with us a series of tanka written by Jane Reichhold, as well as her translation of one written by Fujiwara Shunzei; the challenge is to take inspiration from them and create our own. I have reworked a tanka I […]
River Life
My response to Carpe Diem #1019 compassion Today’s inspirational quote is from Nelson Mandela (1918-2013): “Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” anchored in river lily pads float […]
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