richness of colours tracery of silken threads grandmother’s sampler © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1078 embroidery thread Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka with another nice tool for art and creativity: embroidery thread.
Month: October 2016
A Kiss at the Gate
lips locked in a kiss arms entwined in an embrace lost in the moment two hearts beating together underneath the kissing gate © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Paul Militaru My response to Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru #4 kissing gate Chèvrefeuille has brought us another episode of Imagination with Paul Militaru and a beautiful photo […]
Beating Metal
hammer and anvil music in the glowing forge metal comes to life © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on someinterestingfacts.net My response to Carpe Diem #1077 Hammer and Anvil
Three Days Three Quotes Challenge 1
Hundertwasser I would like to thank Lady Lee Manila for nominating me for this challenge. Lady Lee is a prolific and enthusiastic blogger, whose posts are always cheerful and animated. Today`s nominees with interesting, beautiful or amusing blogs are: Michael Sanaa Stacie Rules of the challenge: Three quotes over three days. Three nominees each day (no […]
Life’s No Joke
some of us are jokers, some thieves, whichever way you look at it, whether young or old, life is not a joke life’s no joke for barefoot children cold and sad on the streets, homeless, hungry, innocent and robbed of their dreams life’s no joke for the old and tired, foggy with confusion: abandoned by […]
Midnight Horror Story
Midnight sculpts moonlight shadows of horror to drink your dreams and suck your screams, sealing your lips with monstrous kisses. Too terrified to open your eyes, you’re paralysed. Your thrash metal heart beats out of time with the night creatures’ call, a chilling signal for the living dead to rise. Cloaked in the foulest funk, […]
One Man’s Kindness in No Man’s Land
Tattered faceless silhouettes Staggered across no-man’s land, Fumbling to attach bayonets, Unkind weapons in shaky hands. Wisps of men blundered in thick of gas Back to the comfort of a mud-filled trench, Eyeless heroes in useless masks Smothering in the toxic stench. One innocent soldier wandering wide, Heading for trenches on the other side, Felt […]
Forging Morning
The sky is a confusion Of purple contusion And burning orange light. Heaven and earth are forged Together, clouds are gorged With flames so bright The road is gilded, Clouds and tarmac melded In the liquid metal aftermath of night. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo Thursday photo prompt […]
Circle of Seasons
in bursts of spring rain young leaves embrace liquid life awakening buds on a mountain peak a cloud of silence settles a monk deep in prayer river symphony rippling on the summer breeze she dances alone flakes of falling snow cover the tracks of sparrows whitewash a blue sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My […]
Turtle Dove Duet
heads together cooing a gentle duet love’s ancient symbol © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Special (3rd guest) Herman van Rompuy’s 3rd “birds in concert” In another CD Special by Herman van Rompuy (former President of Belgium and President of the EU), Chèvrefeuille has shared three haiku to inspire […]
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