Four years ago I realised that teaching was sucking the life out of me. No time for reading or writing, exhausted and ill, I was a caged bird with clipped wings. These days I can spread my wings whenever I want to.
nest of speckled eggs
sun-warmed clutch in budding tree
dreaming of the sky
Kim M. Russell, 2018
My response to Carpe Diem #1405 New Life (‘extreme’ haibun)
Today we have an ‘extreme’ challenge: to create a haibun with a maximum of 55 words, including the haiku, with the theme ‘new life’.
writing in north norfolk 
It is so good to see you spread your wings Kim. I love the haiku and often wonder what dreams are dreamt inside those eggs ☺💖🐦 xxx
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Thank you, Xenia. I’m keeping both blinds raised in my study so I can watch the comings and goings of birds in the garden! 🙂 xxx
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Always, Simply Beautiful. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #9: Kim Russell’s latest “extreme” #haibun for Carpe Diem!
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Cheers Frank!
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My husband and other teacher friends were happy to retire. But now my husband is back to teaching part-time, but at a community college where he doesn’t have to worry about tons of paperwork, lesson plans, or parents. He likes the actual teaching, I think, just not all the nonsense that went with it.
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I’m too busy volunteering at the library and infant schools to think about supply teaching at high school or college – and I can see the difference it makes, listening to little ones read! I’m still a moderator/examiner, but I plan to give that up to do an MA in creative writing. No money but plenty of inspiration!
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That is so cool, Kim. One of my friends, who taught high school Latin (my daughters were her students), also reads with elementary school kids.
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I absolutely can relate with this one. The only difference is that I’m still “in a cage” and I have no choice at the moment. 🙂
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🙂
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