In a blur of inner city (macular) de- generation, corporate vampires suck the blood of the nation, toppling steeples and […]
Month: November 2016
Home Comforts
I sit at my desk, reading, thinking and writing, listening to the radio or checking news and weather on-line. Outside in our wild garden, leaves swirl in gusts of wind. Squalls of icy rain make patterns on the window and by half past three it’s already getting dark. Inside, it’s bright and cosy, with our […]
Apples in Autumn
spring apple blossom spread gentle scent; now fading leaves hide russet fruit © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Special Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands #2 Jurgen Diepstraten In the second CD-Special of Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands, Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to Jurgen Diepstraten and his haiku: hoor de tijd verstild zelfs […]
The Flash of a Dragonfly’s Blush
watery mirror surface shimmer of river reflects metallic flash of neon blue and green awash with dragonfly’s blush © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #8 dragonfly Following the introduction of the third Tanka Writing Technique by Teika ‘Elegant Beauty’, Chèvrefeuille has chosen ‘dragonfly’ as today’s prompt, […]
Kju:
It’s no way to live, waiting for someone to give you a cue, come to the rescue: a soul on hold in the autocue with no words to say and nothing to do but wait for Godot in the queue – missing the cue. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on sensanostra.com My response to […]
The School of Time
I’ve attended this school For such a long time, Knowing that I will grow old And graduate, Take leave of stories we’ve told, Songs we played by ear And games we’ve won and lost. At the end, when the last chapter’s read, When the villain is dead and the heroine wed, Let me sleep with […]
Stitching the Clouds
flying in a skein wintering geese embroider dense November skies decorating angry clouds with silken goose-foot stitches © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by James MCallum found on http://www.ournorfolk.org.uk/ My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #7 Teika’s third Tanka Writing Technique “Elegant beauty” Today Chèvrefeuille has shared the third of Ten Tanka Writing Techniques by Teika: […]
Completing the Haiku with Carpe Diem
ballerina dancing in the moonlight silver turns to gold © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem “Make the Haiku Complete” (100) encore, just for fun. “dancing in the moonlight” In a surprise episode of Chèvrefeuille’s Make the Haiku Complete, the goal is to add the first and third lines […]
Hot Chestnuts
in a chilly square by a market brazier frozen fingers meet over steaming chestnuts’ heat breath mingling in icy air © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #6 chestnuts In this episode, Chèvrefeuille explained how, in ancient Japan, it was a custom between two poets (writers) to exchange waka instead of […]
(G)LOVE STORY
For the tenth time this year, one of my poems has been published on-line by Visual Verse. It’s on page 34 of this month’s edition, Vol 4, Chapter 01, which is full of fantastic poetry and prose, all based on one unusual image. You can find it at http://visualverse.org/.
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