Barbed wire necklaces and stars, tracks of fading scars, isobars connecting moments on the contour map of life: childhood memories of cuts on knees, silvery stretchmarks or the ribbons you made yourself that held in grief when the pain was too much to bear. Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to […]
Month: December 2016
Lumpen Nightmare
Mask of clay, damp, lumpen and grey, fills mouth, eyes, ears and wrinkles as it seeps into skin. Thrown on a nightmare wheel, it permits the dusty bogeyman to poke holes in dreams, fill them with ceramic screams. Hands wet with pulling and squeezing sweat, you mould the lump of clay into your own face. […]
Waltz of the Flowers
a Christmas delight memories of spring blossom on a winter night Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1086 Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky In this episode Chèvrefeuille hopes to inspire us with a beautiful piece of music by Tchaikovsky and has provided us with a background to the composer as well […]
Red Sky at Night
winter night descends sky’s stained with a bloody streak a shepherd’s delight Kim M. Russell, 2016 Photograph by David Russell My response to Carpe Diem Special #221 Candy’s Showcase first ” promise in red clouds “ The first Carpe Diem Special of December 2016 id dedicated to Candy, who won the ‘tribute to Jane’ kukai […]
Silent Swimming
no echo, splash or bubbles in a summer pool dry swimming practice Kim M. Russell, 2016 Source In 1922, if you had no access to a pool but still wanted to learn how to swim, you had to make do. My twenty-first haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – […]
A Stolen Kiss
secret stolen kiss lasts as long as our held breaths merging together Kim M. Russell, 2016 This video is created by Elliott Walsh (images and music are copyrighted and the copyright lays with the artists) My response to Carpe Diem #1085 The Kiss (Philip Glass) For today’s prompt, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a piece of music composed by […]
Trapped in Silence
language is frozen ice on a pond in winter silent memories are trapped in silver bubbles and dementia’s undertow Kim M. Russell, 2016 My twentieth tanka/haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Healing
Gathering my vital energy, I walked between tall trees on the path of healing to practise the synergy of posture, focus, breathe, all the time concealing a feeling of unease. With each footprint that I made upon that stony path, I wondered at the salty fate of young girls, statues looking back like Lot’s wife […]
River Serenade
river serenades overhanging summer trees on strains of a breeze Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1084 Serenade (Schubert) Chèvrefeuille says that a beautiful haiku or tanka, or a beautiful piece of music can bring him to tears but also to big smiles. A haiku he wrote recently that brought him to […]
Silent Years
an old photograph passing seasons of silence fading with your face Kim M. Russell, 2016 My nineteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
writing in north norfolk 