In September, amber apples drop from the branch, crunch in grass soaked with dew and mist, kissed by footprints in a damp embrace. Lace of spiders’ gossamer cobwebs ebbs on an autumnal breeze. Trees smoulder, each leaf an ember in September. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have taken a sonnet I wrote last year […]
Day: September 14, 2016
Departure in Pigeon Steps
For five years I’ve watched my mother be consumed by dementia. At first, nothing seemed different about her: she was a little vague and avoided groups of people. Then she forgot how to make a cup of tea, how to eat, how to dress herself. She forgot my name, how to speak and walk. This […]
Folded Prayers
origami boat setting sail from a temple folded paper prayers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on xdesktopwallpapers.com My response to Carpe Diem #1053 worship Today the modern kigo is worship and Chèvrefeuille has given us some examples of Jane Reichold’s haiku: in the beginning all spirit – all holy a world boat to a beach […]
writing in north norfolk 