Tangible tranquillity crescendos throughout the day, reaching a climax at dusk. In woody eucalyptus of a sprig of rosemary, the town has remembered me. In its low, glowering skies, swarms of midges and horseflies, my wild memories linger. Kim M. Russell, 2017 wild memories – image by Magaly Guerrero (@magalyguerreroindarkerwords) My response to Imaginary Garden […]
Month: July 2017
The Bookseller and the Poet
Carla Scott wanted nothing more in life than to own a little bookshop in the coastal town where she’d grown up, between the Firths of Tay and Forth in Fife. Guarded by giants of bridges and hills, the ancestral home of monarchs was comforting and safe, an idyll invaded only by wind and waves, no […]
Wings and Light
Along the beach, birds are returning from the Arctic; waders stop off to picnic in a brightly moonlit stretch of sandy slime: oystercatchers, sandpipers, curlews and snipe. Excited piping and haunting mournful cries follow us home where we are greeted by a kaleidoscope of moths congregating around the halo of the porch light: crumpled leaves […]
Cold Sake
ice cold alcohol burns and tingles lips and tongue hot summer kiss Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on bbc.com My response to Carpe Diem #1215 cold sake (hiyazake) This month we are exploring the kigo for summer and today Chèvrefeuille has chosen a classical kigo: hiyazake or cold sake. He explains that sake is a […]
Seagull
I called her Seagull because of her beak. We’d been on holiday for only a week and after playing alone on the beach for days, I found her in a rock pool and she asked me to stay. We were twins, you see, dressed in the same clothes, same dress, same hair, just a different […]
Dawn 5th July 2017
this summer morning I whisper happy birthday your ghost vanishes Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1214 dawn In a new episode of Haiku Kai, Chèvrefeuille has brought us another modern kigo for summer, taken from Jane Reichhold’s A Dictionary of Haiku, dawn. Mine is rather personal. I would also like to […]
Summer Clothes
Summer permeates a single layer of cotton: a fluttering dress, a baggy shirt or colourful sarong. Unwrapped from woollen layers, we can breathe, clothed in flags of freedom, rippled by the breeze. On the beach, the sea sparkles and lures us in; we bare our bodies and the sun smiles on our warm skin. Kim […]
Change of Clothes
Summer permeates single layer of cotton smiling on warm skin Kim M. Russell, 2017 Woman in Summer Dress June 1920 Hashiguchi Goyo, image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1213 change of clothes After a while of not posting, I’m happy to be back in time for a new episode of Haiku Kai, […]
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