autumn cherry tree fading leaves cling to branches as they start to fall Kim M. Russell, 8th 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 eternally’. The […]
Month: November 2018
Chrysanthemum Tea
chrysanthemum tea bright globes of autumn colour fragrantly steaming Kim M. Russell, 8th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1540 chrysanthemums We have been given examples of haiku on chrysanthemums, all by classical masters, to inspire us to create our own chrysanthemum beauties.
Love Eternally Day 23
with wrinkled fingers she wraps a scarf round his neck they walk hand in hand Kim M. Russell, 7th 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 […]
Autumn’s Voice
golden willows rustle a gusty tango sallow salidas Kim M. Russell, th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1539 Autumn’s Voice (aki no koe) (classical kigo) Today’s prompt is Autumn’s Voice (or aki no koe), a classical kigo for Autumn.
My Erewhon
Somewhere there is a world of poetry, music and stories, a concert of words playing together. This world has turned: the coconut scent of gorse that burned in the haze of a summer morning has become frosty mist that creeps across fields and dims the glow of crimson berries. I am learning to live in […]
Love Eternally Day 22
my mother’s old ring too small to fit my finger her golden silence Kim M. Russell, 6th 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 eternally’.
Autumn Moon
moon in the window distorted by drops of rain empty chestnut shell Kim M. Russell, 5th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1538 autumn moon (crossroads) Today we have a few autumn moon haiku to work with and the challenge is to create a ‘fusion’ haiku: the moon in the water; broken and broken […]
Tipping the Wink
Early morning frost snail trails – a forewarning of iron soil where musky fungi creep, bright orange and red speckled with warts, among naked trunks and sprout on rotting stumps, and milky bell caps rise from damp leaf mulch, wisely smiling and tipping the wink. Kim M. Russell, 5th November 2018 My response to dVerse […]
Love Eternally Day 21
faded photograph fingerprints trace the features with a gentle touch Kim M. Russell, 5th 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 eternally’.
Decay
on a rain-soaked stump sapid feast for slugs and snails bright fruiting fungi Kim M. Russell, 4th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1537 Decay This month at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we are challenged with classical and non-classical kigo (seasonwords) for autumn, haiku about autumn by classical haiku poets like Basho and Chiyo-Ni […]
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