night time comes early headlights flash and windows glow on the homeward road Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-fifth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Month: November 2017
Red Rose
how to grow a rose so red it burns winter ice feed it bones and blood Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1300 The Rose Today we have the first of two quatrains from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam which Chèvrefeuille thinks cannot be read apart, quatrain XXIV: I sometimes think that […]
November Cherry
feeble morning light permeating rain-soaked leaves halo of colour Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-fourth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
All-Seeing
Hourglass of stars, minted in a nebula not too far from Mars, bloodied rust of cosmic dust fills the sky – all-seeing eye. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Lookin’ Up! Lillian is our host for this Tuesday’s Poetics and she says she would like us all to look up […]
Hope Blooms
first inkling of hope before winter starts to thaw green leaves of snowdrops Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1299 Snow on the Desert This month CDHK is all about the beauty of quatrains created by Omar Khayyam, a 12th century Persian poet, The Rubaiyat. Today’s episode is called ‘Snow on the […]
Wintercolour
pigeon on the wire suspended in grey sky days robin flashes red Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-third response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Kicking the Can
An ogre kicked in our front door. We listened, safe in bed, while he demanded with fearsome fist meat without gristle, bread without grist. He left mother a belter of a bouquet: purple pansies bloomed around her eyes, red roses dripped from her face. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: […]
First Frost
overnight creeper painted dormant gardens white even pavements creak Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-second response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Fire of Spring
spring water runs free cup of plenty overflows sparkling with new fire Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1298 Fire of Spring This month we are exploring The Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam and today Chèvrefeuille has skipped to quatrain 7. He calls this episode ‘Fire of Spring’, a quotation from this quatrain: […]
Troiku Weekend
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 […]
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