blossoming plum trees soaked by showery breeze wedding confetti Kim M. Russell, 25th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1633 Wedding In today’s episode of ‘A New Route Leaving Kumano Kodo’ we have another modern kigo for spring, taken from A Dictionary of Haiku: ‘wedding’. We’ve been given a couple of examples of haiku […]
Day: March 25, 2019
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a spark in jade eyes ever the playful kitten warm purr and soft fur Kim M. Russell, 26th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of […]
Trolling
Each night in dreams I stroll and troll for pearls [of wisdom] with which to pay the mermaids for all the magical songs they troll [la la] to keep at bay the ugly troll (de loll] hiding in the shadows of the computer screen. Kim M. Russell, 25th March 2019 My response to dVerse Poets […]
Desire for Colour
desire for colour bright bonnets bob on the breeze fields full of tulips Kim M. Russell, 25th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1632 Desire This week we are starting a new route with classical and non-classical kigo (season words) for spring, and today we have a modern spring kigo taken from Jane Reichhold’s […]
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juggling rocks and sand among sparkles of sunlight spring rivers tumble Kim M. Russell, 25th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of Light.