fading autumn light drops leaves breezily – floats them on the quiet pond Kim M. Russell, 2016 My fourteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Month: November 2016
Silence of Dreams
in sleep’s dark cocoon echo multitudes of sounds no one else can hear Kim M. Russell, 2016 My thirteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Winter Hope
rotting leaves crumble into Beelzebub blackness of winter humus lit up by waxy berries milk-white hope of mistletoe Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on owlcation.com My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #27 decay Today our prompt is decay and Chèvrefeuille has a tanka of his own: the scent of autumn that sweet smell of […]
Poetic Pizza
We kneaded the dough together, your small hands and mine, fingers probing for elusive elasticity. You picked basil from the pot on the windowsill, rubbing the leaves, breathing in each pungent puff. We cried onions, tasted tangy tomato and snacked hungrily on chewy cheese as we chopped and sliced. At the pizza restaurant in the […]
Finding the Inner Silence
beyond the heart beat surge of blood and air in lungs body’s quietude Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My twelfth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
To the Top of the Mountain
higher plain awaits beyond the body’s boundaries sweet meditation with each breath another step to the mountain’s snowy peak Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Etsy My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #26 meditation Today our prompt is ‘meditation’ and Chèvrefeuille has shared a few haiku and a tanka to inspire us: dervishes […]
Drawing the Heat of Embers
a piece of charcoal in the hand of an artist can perform magic sketches of a charcoal fire thaw the cold heart of winter Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor 25th Teika’s 9th Tanka Writing Technique “Exquisite Detail” (prompt: charcoal) Today Chèvrefeuille has presented Teika’s 9th […]
Black Earth
in the cold black earth bones sleep for eternity without blossoming full to bursting with new life bulbs await warm touch of spring Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #24 Black Earth In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has given us a bit of a strange prompt, ‘black […]
White Silence
bridging a lonely road rainbow of water and fog renders us speechless Kim M. Russell, 2016 My eleventh haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Subjugation
In the spring of 1940, in the season of renewal and birth, twenty two thousand men gasped their last defiant breath as bullets exploded in their heads. Now, frozen in bronze, the Katyn Pieta kneels before the powerful wings and sword of the Angel of Death, cradling one of the fallen dead. There’s a hole […]
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