in September sun a brown and gold butterfly hanging from a stem is caught in a swirl of leaves confetti for autumn brides © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.rgbstock.com My response to Carpe Diem #1063 butterfly Today our prompt is butterfly. Butterflies are synonymous with change, metamorphosis, lightness, growth, messengers of the gods and ‘butterfly’ […]
Month: September 2016
Candlelight
new candle flickers draughts entangle wisps of smoke capturing shadows old candle flares up in a pool of molten wax final performance © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.shutterstock.com My response to Carpe Diem #1062 Candles Today our prompt is candles and it’s taken from Jane’s “A Dictionary of Haiku” (the printed version). Chèvrefeuille has shared […]
A haiku featured on Pure Haiku today…
…as part of Freya’s LEAF series! Please visit the Pure Haiku post to read it!
Lingering Presence
Tired of childish fears And torrents of tears That reflect your lingering presence Although you’re gone You won’t leave me alone I’m surrounded by your essence My pain is real My wounds won’t heal I crave your evanescence Bound by the life you left behind Your light resonates in my mind A lingering luminescence Haunted […]
The Wreck of Heaven
Shards of a shattered sky Scattered on sea spray, Tossed on the back of a stallion storm – The frowning face of the firmament has been torn, Scarred by lightning, Bruised with purple clouds. Cowed by Thor’s thunder, Heaven is going under. Heaven is going under, Cowed by Thor’s thunder. Bruised with purple clouds, […]
Piglit Kicks Butt
A little Thursday whimsy I may be very small But I’m not afraid at all In the face of heffalumps and woozles, Nor will I be bamboozled By gravel pits, mist and floods. I survived a North Pole Expotition And I’m the subject of a composition: A song with seven verses About my gallant […]
Storm Navigator
Vigilant on the moody moor, the beacon drew its fire from the brewing storm, leeching potency from the clouds, filling the giant’s chalice, not with small beer (not by any stretch of the imagination) but with Thor’s thunderous percussion and the hammering of rain, ale fit for a leviathan. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My […]
Cascading Waterfall
meltwater trickles patient droplets gathering pregnant waterfall thundering cascade carving out rocks and boulders waterfall sculpture flash of silver scales leaping up the waterfall frenzy of salmon eddies and whirlpools wild dance of fall and river passionate embrace © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Images found on www.yorkshiredales.co.uk and http://www.bbc.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1061 waterfall […]
Pain is an Owl
In the silver silent dead Of a lethargic night, Pain is an owl caught in a dazzling headlight, Whose glaring eyes of red Steer gliding flight on white wing Towards the cold metallic glimmer of morning. Pain twists like an owl’s head, Grips with talons of crushing power, Tears with the sharpness of […]
Revising Basho’s Flute
clusters of flowers freed from the musician’s flute floating melodies © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 21st 2016 Revise that haiku This week Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to ‘revise’ a haiku written by one of the classical haiku poets. He has chosen a […]
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