dusty flints crunch underfoot rusty orange butterflies dance down a stony lane long hot days deep blue skies still and windless following the sun until it goes down Kim M. Russell, 12th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #45 Gogyohka, a modern way of writing/creating tanka, also linked to Poets United Poetry […]
Month: August 2018
Finding the Way Day 29
a sunken garden enticing steps lead downwards the pungent shadows Kim M. Russell, 12th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, we are almost at the end of the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a […]
Artist in a Suit
I have an ekphrastic poem, which might well be the thirtieth one, in Volume 5, Chapter 10 of the Visual Verse Anthology. You can find it on page 23 or you can follow the link to ‘Artist in a Suit‘.
A Plea to Poseidon
I ignore big ships silently trudging the horizon, scan the weathered citadel of seabirds, guano island, bleached and weather-worn, sharp as the eye teeth of a siren, the stench hovering like halitosis. Oh Poseidon! Send us rain to percolate the rockscape, moon and stars to embellish the seascape. Kim M. Russell, 11th August 2018 My […]
Finding the Way Day 28
emerging figure wrangles with solidity genius of art Kim M. Russell, 11th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, we are almost at the end of the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a daily haiku […]
Finding the Way Day 27
tickled by a breeze sails are ready to unfurl mermaid flicks her tail Kim M. Russell, 9th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a […]
Gagaku
Imperial Court bowing to wind, string and drum butterflies take flight Kim M. Russell, 9th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1494 Gagaku, the traditional music of the Japanese Court We are still in Japan and exploring the oldest known traditional Japanese music, Gagaku, which is s court music, and includes songs, dances, and […]
Mother’s Algebra
Joined still to her mother’s placental algebra, she solves puzzles of love, life and parabola; sucking subtractions at a withering breast, expressing equations many years suppressed. Mathematics learned at the maternal knee curves and circles into geometry. Kim M. Russell, 9th August 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Wordy Thursday with Wild […]
Finding the Way Day 26
a vapour trail arc cuts gathering thunderheads the path to autumn Kim M. Russell, 9th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a daily haiku […]
writing in north norfolk 