I smile at the clockwork birds ploughing sand, their black legs whirring, a splash of spangled sanderlings with a wintry breeze beneath their wings. Ploughing sand, their black legs whirring, steered here by a cosmic force, with a wintry breeze beneath their wings, they followed ancient paths of stars. Steered here by a cosmic force […]
Month: February 2019
Morning Glories
ah! morning glories are at their best while I chant my morning prayers Kyoroku by sunset they have faded their colours smothered by night from creeping shadows comes the sound of ringing bells my evening prayers to wake to glorious blue in sunlit sky and garden Kim M. Russell, 27th February 2019 My response to […]
Progress Forgiven
I forgive pylons that march across fields where once glaciers sculpted valleys, horses plodded down stone-walled lanes and everything travelled by hoof and foot. I forgive the engines that puffed their smoke into the heaviness of time with dark intention and a constant soundtrack of stridulation against a sky the colour of congealed blood. I […]
Leafless Tree
the crow has flown away; swaying in the evening sun, a leafless tree Natsume Soseki an abandoned empty nest and a single black feather Kim M. Russell, 26th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1614 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (18) free styling Today’s challenge is to use haiku of our own choice, which […]
Sip
Is sipping from the Milky Way like sipping from a flower? I ask the bee and butterfly but they just buzz or flutter by, so I tip my tongue to the yellow button heart of feverfew and get wildly drunk on its pollen-sugared dew. Kim M. Russell, 25th February 2019 My response to dVerse Poets […]
Grieving
hige kaze wo fuite boshu tanzuru wa tare ga ko zo who is it that grieves, the wind blowing through his beard, for late autumn? Matsuo Basho (Tr. R.H.Blyth) raindrops drip from willow leaves, pooling memories and leaves Kim M. Russell, 24th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1613 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 […]
Moon and Flowers
moon past full the beginning of a little more darkness hours until birds start singing […]
Spring Kites
bright kites aflutter above cherry blossomed trees a fresh scented breeze Kim M. Russell, 23rd February 2019 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Weekend Challenge: Season Your Poetry Toni is hosting this weekend with some season words or kigo for spring. She reminds us that the haiku is all about being in the […]
Stone
Weathered by seasons, clothed in life’s lichens, weighted and leaning, no longer standing proud. Anchored by gravity, fissures and cavities, gathering dew and rain, longing for sun again soon. Kim M. Russell, 22nd February 2019 My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo Thursday photo prompt: Timeless #writephoto
Plume Grass
While you decline to cry, high on the mountainside a single stalk of plumegrass wilts. Ō no Yasumaro (circa 711), (Tr. Michael R. Burch) Tortured by wind, rain and sun, it has stopped its whispering. Kim M. Russell, 21st February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1612 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (16) plumegrass Today […]
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