Living between the North Norfolk coast and the Broads, and having moorings at the bottom of our garden, I am drawn to water. Not that I swim or even paddle, but I like to sit and watch the free light shows: sequins sparkling on water, underwater shadows, light refractions and sky reflections. Now that winter […]
Day: February 20, 2017
Dazzled
I chew my apple slowly, listening to the palinoia of jaws cracking and teeth grinding over and over again. I peer through the gall and wormwood of grime on the window pane at beech leaves fringed with frigid lace. A stain of brilliant orange burns my face, halfway between the curtain and the dipping sun. […]
Chiyo-Ni
on the morning path across Hakusan Mountain flowering haiku Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1159 Matto, birthplace of Chiyo-Ni In this episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we are visiting Matto, a village in Kaga Province, now Hakusan Ishikawa Prefecture, the birthplace of the female haiku poet, Chiyo-Ni (1703-1775), who is […]
Mountains of Shinano
smudge of monochrome merges with autumn colours cloud dips into lake Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1158 Kashiwabara, birth-place of Kobayashi Issa In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has told us about the Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828), known as Issa, a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea, who […]
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