clouds bypass deserts mountains suck up all the rain only waves of heat Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1363 Taklamakan Desert (the “Sea of Death”)(Northern route) Today, on our journey along the ancient Silk Road, we are following the Northern Route that brings us along the Taklamakan Desert, one of largest […]
Month: February 2018
Ravensbury Memories
When I was a child, I lived in a town in Surrey called Mitcham, which is now part of South London. I remember it as a safe place. I knew pretty much everyone in the road where I first lived with my grandparents and later, when my parents moved to a small estate consisting of […]
Peace Within Day 21
echoes fade in the canals and alleys muted by mist 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, […]
Gansu
scorching desert heat no blissful leafy forest only dusty roads Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1362 Gansu (Northern route) This month we are on a journey ‘Along The Silk Road’ through China and around the Taklamakan Desert while reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. In today’s episode, we have reached Gansu, an […]
Yūgen
an unblemished sky winter is a silent flood where are the clouds? Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #18 Yugen, a new feature For this weekend meditation, Chèvrefeuille has created a new feature: Yūgen, which he says is usually defined as ‘mystery’ and ‘unknowable depth’. He explains that haiku poets use […]
Circus in Black and White
The memory is black and white and fading at the edges, glimpsed through a peephole of time. She recalls the creak and scratch of wooden planks and his straw hat, the candy floss awe of the crowd inside, and the flap of canvas above their heads. That’s enough when you can’t afford a ticket but […]
Peace Within Day 20
no noise of traffic Sunday morning birds are mute haiku on the breeze 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 […]
Unmasking a Stranger
Coy behind a marble lion, she seduced tourists in the square, no bashful burn behind the mask to match the colour of her hair. She was Casanova’s doxy, a carnival Columbina, until she packed herself away in tissue for another year. Then she merged into the shadows of the bridges and the alleys with her […]
Peace Within Day 19
enveloped in mist the bell tower is silent a Venetian sigh 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 […]
Chang’an
desert reflections a distant city’s mantra perpetual peace Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1361 Chang’an (Northern Route) Today we are following the Chinese Silk Road around the Taklamakan Desert, visiting places along the way, starting at Chang’an (nowadays Xi’an).
writing in north norfolk 