icy echoes sculpture of delicate globes frozen in time Kim M. Russell, 2017 bubbles in ice My response to Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) C.) bubbles in ice Yesterday, Chèvrefeuille inspired us with tanka by Jane Reichhold and today he has shared a few of her beautiful haiku and one of his own: deep […]
Month: January 2017
Translucent
each day brings more light and honest early flowers splashing their colour – translucent hellebores nod revealing fragile freckles Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on rhs.org.uk Day seven of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer […]
Spring Sirens
Titanic waves dash shallow dunes, Whipping marram and couch grass Into whistling spring-tide siren tunes. Surges pulverise heaven and earth And sculpt the beach into a curve. The suicidal tidal moon surfs Across the restless sea and laughs As cottages tumble down the street Shore bound, where the elements meet, And disintegrate in gushing foam: […]
Cosmic Pilgrims
a wandering star completes a constellation bright spark of friendship Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on space.com My response to Carpe Diem #1129 friendship In The Pilgrimage, Paulo develops a friendship with his guide Petrus. They are on the Road to Santiago together and will help each other to conquer the ‘devils’ on the […]
Spring Concert
blackbirds are crooning backed by rumbling of ravens and woodpecker’s drum nature’s musicians perform a concert to welcome spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem honors Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) B.) musical chord (tanka) In the second episode of this special Theme Week, in which we celebrate what would have been Jane Reichhold’s […]
Frosty Garden
late winter garden glittering and frost dusted delicate beauty Kim M. Russell, 2017 Day six of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and one in winter. This year he has planned four retreats following the seasons […]
Precious
Rubies leached from sunlight disappear into the night- dark shadows of the sea. Red is the first colour absorbed by seawater. Diving in those depths, undisturbed by boats and nets, they are dragons of the sea. Red is the first colour absorbed by seawater. Riding the ocean’s swell, twirling their curly tails, they are bright […]
Magic Words
When I’m safely cuddled up on a grown-up’s lap, I listen to the secret words that they often whisper in case a wicked witch is near, in the dark where she can hear. Words like once upon a time or the chorus of a nursery rhyme carry me off to other lands, to fairy wings […]
In the Mountains
somewhere on the road pinch of boots and holes in socks smell of stale sandals refreshed by a mountain breeze footsore pilgrims stumble on Kim M. Russell, 2017 Somewhere along the Road to Santiago My response to Carpe Diem #1128 Imagine the Road to Santiago Today, Chèvrefeuille is inspiring us with only an image taken […]
Rare Flower
such a rare flower plucked and blown by summer wind floating on haiku Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem honours Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) A.) already red As promised, Chèvrefeuille is honouring Jane Reichhold with a special theme week for her 80th birthday. He has shared some of her winter haiku: swollen the amaryllis […]
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