autumn arrives breathing sighs into my ear a pillow of wind Kim M. Russell, 28th April 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #82 Introducing a new feature: photo-shopping haiku This weekend we have a new feature, revising a haiku in a similar way to photo-shopping: just a little change to make the difference […]
Day: April 28, 2019
Cherry Petals
clusters of petals snatched and scattered by the wind blush of confetti Kim M. Russell, 28th April 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1652 Cherry Petals (modern kigo) In the penultimate episode of April 2019, in which we have explored modern and classical kigo for spring, our challenge involves a modern kigo taken from Jane […]
Play for Me
Backlit by counterpoints of sunlight, your face a harmony of shadows, fingers merge with black and white, release major chords of red and yellow, and mournful minors, grey and blue. They shift between darkness of minus and lightness of plus, shades of you and me, until a sunbeam, dotted with motes of a melody, breaks […]
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