Tucked into a bowl of shallow hills, where icicles hang and chill snow spills over the valley like milk on cornflakes, is a cosy chocolate yule log cabin, home to the guardian of Christmas robins. Stoking a crackling stove with wood, she prepares a feast of woodland food: fat balls, berries, nuts and seeds to […]
Day: December 11, 2016
Gusty Morning on the Beach
wind roars through the dunes strafing beach and steel-grey waves further down the coast matchstick people walking dogs push hard against the weather Kim M. Russell, 2016 L. S. Lowry ‘People On The Beach’ found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special #222 Candy’s 2nd “morning walk” (tanka) This month Candy of rhymeswithbug.com is our featured […]
Musical Dreams
in musical dreams fingers conjure golden notes echo of cello Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1092 Fantasy in G-moll for Cello and Piano by Fanny Mendelssohn Our musical inspiration for today is by another female composer, Fanny Mendelssohn, a German pianist and composer who composed over 460 pieces of music: Fantasy […]
Winter Willow – Reprise
winter willow wept shedding golden leafy tears not a sound was heard Kim M. Russell, 2015 I have chosen and re-written a haiku I published in 2015 as my twenty-seventh haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
writing in north norfolk 