another year is gone a traveller’s shade on my head, straw sandals at my feet Matsuo Basho old places are left behind unknown landscapes lie ahead Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1665 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (12) ‘special’ Basho: Miscanthus bud Today […]
Month: May 2019
Only Tracks
late summer alone on the beach with only tracks Jane Reichhold warm sand rubs between tired toes enticed by the wash of tide seagulls overhead melancholy messages scribbled in the sky returning them to sender below on the empty beach Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1664 Tan Renga […]
It’s No Picnic
picnic on the beach there’s sand in the sandwiches flies float in the juice seagulls circle overhead we chew with stiff upper lips Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Picnic(s) Susan is our host this week with a challenge that asks us to use sense images to bring […]
Elemental
Oh, ageing lioness! moth-eaten and tooth-sore, you’re restrained in a cage. You have lost your fierce roar and the fire in your eyes has burnt down to embers. The lush savanna grass turned to dust in your claws. The monkey from your back picks gristle from your jaws, and sings a lullaby each night between […]
A poem featured at Poets United
Today I am proud to have a boomerang poem featured in Sherry’s ‘Poems of the Week’ at Poets United. It’s one I posted a while ago for one of Sherry’s prompts. It sits between two lovely poems by Toni and Sara. If you’d like to read all three, follow the link below: https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/05/poems-of-week-boomerang-poems-by-toni.html
Snap of an Icicle
muffled and silenced the snap of an icicle engulfed by fresh snow the quiet whiteness broken by a robin’s burst of song Kim M. Russell 13th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1663 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (10) snap of an icicle In today’s episode, we are creating Tan Renga with one […]
Watching a Snail
I bow to my master Matsuo Basho told me the way to watch a snail Chèvrefeuille haiku spiral from its shell and unravel in its trail Kim M. Russell Kim M. Russell, 13th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1662 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (9) Watching a Snail In the first episode […]
Fearless Pheasant
handsome cock pheasant strutting closer to the cat burnished head erect Kim M. Russell, 12th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #84 Quest for a new masterpiece: Movement (Undou) This weekend the challenge is to create a new masterpiece, a haiku that will last forever and will be known by a lot […]
In Pieces
a part of her has always been apart a […]
Looking Ahead
cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins Jane Reichhold in a spiral of russet first kamikaze leaf falls Kim M. Russell, 10th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1661 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (8) Beginning of Autumn Today’s haiku from which to create a […]
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