in awe together we watch the light prism form a perfect rainbow Kim M. Russell, 20th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018 Love Eternally It’s time for Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat, a period of 30 days to write haiku or tanka every day on a specific theme: ‘love eternally’.
Month: October 2018
Beautiful Waves
the coast a jumble of cliffs and waves constantly crashing Kim M. Russell, 20th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Leafless Tree #1 introduction beautiful waves’ Chèvrefeuille has created a new feature, ‘Carpe Diem Leafless Tree’, which he hopes to publish every Sunday. In this new feature, he will introduce unknown haiku poets and […]
Coming home…
late in the afternoon, I walk down an empty street when, at my feet, a russet leaf drops – and so does the wind. Like me, it settles into its October stillness, tired and sober, fading into twilight, slipping on the night. Kim M. Russell, 19th October 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real […]
Love Eternally Day 4
the perfume of love permeating a sweater eternal embrace Kim M. Russell, 19th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018 Love Eternally It’s time for Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat, a period of 30 days to write haiku or tanka every day on a specific theme: ‘love eternally’.
Undou
creatures of the air flit from shadow to sun splash birdsong and seasons Kim M. Russell, 19th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1525 Perpetuum Mobile … everlasting movement (“undou”) For this ‘Perpetuum Mobile’ episode, we have a reprise of the undou writing technique or ‘movement’. In the example haiku, there is very clear […]
10th October 1992
(a traced poem inspired by ‘Moment’ by Carol L. Gloor) At the moment of our reunion, I am cooking vegetarian lasagne. No meat, no male scent in this house of females, only the exhaust of distance. I hadn’t seen you in twenty years. I recognised you, the younger you I left behind. I am back […]
Cornucopia
Trees change the hues of their dresses ready for the seasonal striptease, while evergreen holly bushes drip with blood-red berries in hedgerows strung with witches’ necklaces and dotted with tufts of old man’s beard. Birds and other wild creatures rejoice at such abundance of food and colour, the quintessence of harvest cornucopia. Kim M. Russell, […]
Love Eternally Day 3
sun kisses moon as it rises each morning, generating warmth Kim M. Russell, 18th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat 2018 Love Eternally It’s time for Carpe Diem’s Autumn Retreat, a period of 30 days to write haiku or tanka every day on a specific theme: ‘love eternally’.
Memory Lane – Make the Haiku Complete
a lonely firefly dancing in the moonlight it thinks it’s a star Kim M. Russell, 17th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1524 O-Henro Shikoku pilgrims (memory lane) In this episode of Carpe Diem’s anniversary month, we have reached the letter O for O-Henro Shikoku pilgrimage, one of Chèvrefeuille’s favourite episodes. Our task is […]
Releasing the Moon
bright fall day the brook wanders off its shimmer lingers in the rotting rags of leaves […]
writing in north norfolk 