Month: May 2017

Discovering the White Rabbit

After early showers on a capricious Saturday in May, lunchtime is bathed in balmy sunshine. The shady toll path bustles with strollers and joggers, all inhaling spring’s steamy promise, and echoes with a coxswain’s voice counting rowers’ strokes. On the opposite bank, a swan stretches; alert to danger, she watches over cygnets hidden in a […]

Dandelion – May Tan Renga

dandelion dandelion on the sandy beach spring opens its eyes                                 © Ogiwara Seisensui a crowd of golden faces woken by powerful tides                         Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #12 dandelion, dandelion (Ogiwara Seisensui) Today ‘s ‘hokku’ is from another lesser known classical haiku poet who was […]

Roadside Gems – May Tan Renga

taste of nature– sweet blackberry bushes sing to child and bees                 © Sara McNulty tart emeralds turn to jet glittering in the hedgerow         Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #11 taste of nature (Sara McNulty) Today’s ‘hokku’ has been created by one our […]

Sad Pathetic Fallacy

The world was disappointing, dry and thirsty, full of sadness, longing for some artistic creativity, when the slate sky flickered with metallic electricity. Thunder rumbled. The brawling river, rushing with rain-swollen flow, swung into a roaring curve below towards a thundering waterfall, rearing in glassy surges, snagging on the riverbed, like King Lear on the heath: […]

An Autumn Leaf – May Tan Renga

ura wo mise omote wo misete chiru momiji now it reveals its hidden side and now the other—thus it falls, an autumn leaf                                          © Ryokan Taigu somersaulting in free-fall delicate flash of colour                            Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on howplantswork.com My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #10 an autumn […]

Leaves Float Away – May Tan Renga

autumn evening like whispered prayers leaves float away                                      © Dolores shivering into rivers on sporadic gusts of wind                       Kim M. Russell, 2017   Image found on Shutterstock My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #9 – leaves float away (Dolores Fegan)  Today’s ‘hokku’ is by Dolores Fegan, a modern haiku poetess who […]

Pumpkin Flower – May Tan Renga

Ishizuchi mo nankin no hana mo ooi nari the flower of a pumpkin as well as Mt. Ishizuchi is great in scale                                          © Tomiyasu Fusei the first male flower opens golden sunshine in the field                    Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #8 – […]