We rise to weak sun in porcelain skies. Blizzards have gathered and frost lies hard under thick white blankets: a landscape of sleeping giants, mountains and steppes. Snow feathers land on a bare black hedge where, Christmas card cute, with sharp black eye and red breast burning against the snow, a robin reminds us that […]
Month: December 2017
The End of the Year
winter’s sly spirit glistens white on ribs and bones December’s demise Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1327 A Perfect Life …? Chèvrefeuille says that today’s episode is a bit strange, because it’s about the question: ‘Do I Have a Perfect Life?’ and the quote has been taken from a Paulo Coelho […]
The Sweetness of a Pear
Pale yellow-green tears pool in the fruit bowl. I choose one with a blush, hoping its shyness foretells flavour. Under a running tap, my pear gleams and drips. I use a tea towel to dab away its fears, buff the delicate skin, inhale its honey breath. I bare my teeth, sink them into gritty flesh, […]
Glowing
mind full of wonder vibrant, alive and glowing transformed by nature Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1326 transformation Today’s prompt, ‘transformation’, comes from a quote from Paulo Coelho’s novel Brida, which has an underlying theme of nature and witchcraft: “She had met people who had lost the glow of being alive […]
Wasteland
welcome oasis respite from the empty wasteland a loved one’s embrace Kim M. Russell My response to Carpe Diem #1325 follow the dictates of your heart Today’s quote has been taken from The Valkyries, which was published in 1992. “There is no sin but the lack of love, have courage, be capable of loving, even […]
Morning Shivers
Winter’s at its lowest ebb, with branches bare against low skies and frost crisp at the river’s edge. Dawn carves grooves into the ice formed on the garden pond, where grass seeds are petrified into brittle frozen fronds. Early morning has been captured in a sparkling silver sculpture. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to […]
Drunk on Darkness
intoxicated cosmos swirls in late night wine staggering with stars Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1324 carried away by the night Today we have a quote Paulo Coelho’s novel Adultery: “Let yourself get carried away by the night from time to time. Look up at the stars and try to get […]
Remembrance
I haven’t been out in the garden much since early autumn and recently I was too ill to even think about it. On Tuesday I gazed out at the last flakes of rusting leaves and a leaden sky. I watched Luna, our black and white cat, meld into the shadows; marvelled at the gold and […]
Sangfroid
clouds of frosty breath etch silver haiku on leaves icy serenity Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1323 serenity In a new episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the Paul Coelho quote has been taken from his novel The Witch of Portobello: “Naturally, if she respected the brush that she used, she […]
Winter Time
hard frost glitters white blankets cover frozen earth icicles ring in crow-black trees and snowflakes intertwine in a gentle minuet Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #10 Fibo-ku winter time In this weekend’s new meditation, our challenge is a special kind of haiku, introduced a few years ago here at CDHK […]
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