When we were children, my husband and I lived in different blocks on the same housing estate and attended the same infant and junior school, where we sat in separate desks in a classroom where we were taught by a teacher neither of us will ever forget. She was grey-haired and stern, wore a twin-set […]
Day: January 22, 2018
Mutability
everything changes the sweetest scent of flowers faded by the breeze Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1352 Horaizan (a Japanese Fairy-tale) In a new episode of Haiku Kai, today we have started fairytales from Japan with one about Horaizan the Island of Eternal Youth.
Peace Within Day 7
children skim pebbles across the frozen river ice bubbles blossom Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 days, […]