a stony coldness plucked from a beach fills my palm and overflows into each line and groove, pulling fingers into a claw – like a ring clasping a jewel sensitive tips trace dents and pocks knocked into it by waves and rocks pebbled acne smoothed by human caress, the stroke of skin wrinkles, calluses and […]
Day: November 13, 2018
Rainstorm
from a thunderous sky squalls of rain drum on windows cloudburst crescendo Kim M. Russell, 12th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1543 rainstorm In today’s episode in a month of celebrating the beauty of autumn, we have a rainstorm and an example of a haiku on that theme, which was spotted on the […]
Love Eternally Day 29
autumn breathes in curls mist, leaves and a loved one’s hair tangled in the wind Kim M. Russell, 13th November 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 […]
writing in north norfolk 