I hope it’s only temporary, this cotton-wool muffle of everyday sound, with random crackle of static, constant shower of white noise and high-hat cymbal of gravel on an empty road. I’m bombarded with percussion when I want to hear words, a human voice, the television and the ring of the telephone. Until normal service is […]
Month: January 2019
Winter Dawn
silent morning star curtseys to a fading moon a snowflake sparkles Kim M. Russell, 3rd January 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1576 Dawn Today we have a modern kigo, taken from Jane Reichhold’s Dictionary of Haiku: dawn.
Winter Mist
the silence of mist no ripples in the whiteness a rusty leaf drifts Kim M. Russell, 2nd January 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1575 Fuyukasumi (Winter Mist) This month we are finding our inspiration through the kigo (seasonwords) of winter, and today we have a classical kigo: Fuyukasumi (or Winter Mist).
If I hadn’t written that poem
‘The world is never the same once a [good] poem has been added to it’. Dylan Thomas If I hadn’t looked up to search the heavens, would my soul ever have been soothed? I waited patiently for shooting stars to zip across the deepest, darkest winter sky – but the clouds were dense, obscured the […]
Goodbye to the Old Year
the old year’s over in a flash of fireworks all that’s left is smoke Kim M. Russell, 1st January 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1574 New Year’s Eve In the first episode of 2019, in a month in which we will be exploring classical and modern kigo for winter, we are celebrating the new […]
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