I must crack my knuckles and fill my pen with ink, not just to mark the page but to help me think. I must use my pen, wield it like a sword and cut through crap with sharpened words. I must write a skeleton, slice truth to the bone, rebuild it with flesh and hair, give […]
Month: December 2017
Blue
The sky is a palette of blue, empty of birds, only broken clouds sing their poignant tunes; mainland and islands chime loud with blues of their own; and the sea joins in with a harmony, an aquamarine melody to pilot a tired fisherman home. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo […]
In the Fields
ancient warriors ghosts mists over the foreign highlands – waiting for the full moon © Chèvrefeuille graveyards become battlefields watered by the tears of stars in the fields with ripe rice plants for the Gods the sickle is used . . . © Takezaki Shisen slowly waxing sickle moon forecasts satisfied bellies white poppy it […]
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city streetlights offset memories of rain with promises of more weather light and dark hot and cold another year of life together Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: Aspire Marian says to close 2017 on a high note, she has introduced us to one of her favourite new artists: […]
Elegance
elegant heron balancing on slender legs brushstrokes in the sky Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1336 Elegance Today is the last of December 2017’s regular episodes, in which we have explored the beauty of Paulo Coelho’s novels. Our inspirational quote is from The Witch of Portobello: “Elegance is the correct posture […]
In Pursuit of Dreams
a flurry of dreams approach with an open hand nets are for nightmares Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1335 pursue your dreams Today we have another quote from The Alchemist: “People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be […]
Empty Mind
a quiet moment dripping in an empty mind raining memories Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1334 An Empty Mind Our quote for today has been taken from Paulo Coelho’s Aleph: “Now each morning, when your mind is still empty, devote a little time to the Divine … Inhale deeply and ask […]
Sandal
a battered sandal left by the side of the road a child’s salvation Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1333 José’s Sandals In another Paulo Coelho episode, we have a Christmas tale, ‘Jose’s Sandals’ based on a story written in 1903 by François Coppée and translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull […]
Snapshot of Christmas Day
The landscape’s smeared with brown and grey on this fleeting Christmas day. Winter holds sway with icy puddles and breath forms frozen particles on still air. Only seagulls dare tease the tedium; they wheel, sideslip and dive, grey wings merge with grey sky. Around the corner waits the black backdrop of a drawn-out night and […]
Christmas Troiku
winter solitude – in a world of one color the sound of wind © Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) winter solitude – single skater on the lake inscribing circles in a world of one color inky crows compose haiku in the sky the sound of wind resonates in icicles nature’s Christmas bells Kim M. Russell, 2017 […]
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