ancient warriors
between battle and peace
writing haiku © Chèvrefeuille
ancient warriors
laden with armour and swords
a heavy burden
between battle and peace
lightness of bare skin
exposed to the sun
writing haiku
brush and ink replace the sword
love instead of war
Kim M. Russell, 2017
falling to the ground
a flower closer to the root
bidding farewell © Basho
falling to the ground
with a whispering of silk
cherry kimono
a flower closer to the root
browned by midday sun
wrinkles in the heat
bidding farewell
she is covered with blossoms
wind-plucked confetti
Kim M. Russell, 2017
My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-meditation #5 Troiku
For the first weekend-meditation of November, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a Troiku, a creative way of haiku-ing which he invented in 2012. The goal is to create three haiku starting with the separated lines of a haiku. For this weekend meditation, he has chosen one of his own modern haiku and a classical haiku by Basho, with which we should create Troiku.
writing in north norfolk 
Excellent set of troiku Kim. It’s a real joy to read and re-read these troiku. Both are telling a wonderful story in which strenght and ‘weakness’ (I don’t know the ‘soft’ opposite of strenght) are in a wonderful balance.
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Thank you so much, Kristjaan! As for antonyms for strength, I can only think of fragility, lightness or softness at the moment,
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Brava.. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Very inspired the two troika ! It was a real pleasure to read them !
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troiku (excuse me)
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So beautiful Kim!
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Thank you!
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