empty calabash only shadows fill its gourd until the rain falls reflecting the fading sun the stillness of the ocean no rain clouds in sight a beggar sits in gloom a cricket for company not a drop to drink Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Extra January 23rd 2018 — Celestine Nudanu […]
Month: January 2018
Star Lovers
a charm of magpies wings across the Milky Way star lovers’ bridge Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1353 The Star Lovers (A Japanese Fairytale) Today’s fairytale is the story of The Star Festival or Tanabata Festival, about which, Chèvrefeuille tells us, Basho created several haiku.
Peace Within Day 8
deep in the hedgerow warm-nested and moss-scented dormice are asleep 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, […]
Italics
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 […]
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, […]
Steel Blue Night
steel blue night light still lingers in the stars waiting for the day Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #16 Only The First Line “steel blue night” We have a new episode of Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation, the feature for the weekend that gives us a few days to meditate and contemplate […]
Peace Within Day 6
no longer weeping ivy is the only green on the willow tree 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 […]
Still Shy
After all these years she still wears that Bardot scarf and flats are de rigeur for evening saunters by city rivers. With a falter of shallow breath, she stumbles on uneven pavement of the embankment between streetlights, a sunset blush on her cheeks. He carefully grips her arm, feels her fluttering heart, no longer hawk […]
Peace Within Day 5
fragrant steam rises blooming in the morning sun the first cup of tea 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 […]
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