I don’t think I have ever attended a beach party, but when I lived in Cologne all those years ago, I often spent summer days with friends at a Baggerloch, a man-made lake, swimming and sunbathing until it got chilly, then we’d light a fire to cook food, play guitar, sing, and drink Kölsch and […]
Month: July 2019
Dance Like the Universe
If I could dance like the universe, I hope I would be partnered with planets, I’d execute a perfect grand jete […]
I hadn’t realised…
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Morning Shift
Together we rise, the bees and I; they fill the drowsy garden with their resonance. A patchwork of shadow among green lungs transforms into a smoky meadow of seeding grass and flowers, patches of shifting light bound together by cobwebs and the hum of bees. Kim M. Russell, 23rd July 2019 My response to dVerse […]
Shadow
cool shady willows melting in purple shadows October mountains cool shady willows soaking up rain and sunshine a cascade of green melting in purple shadows giant silhouettes holding up the sky October mountains litter of discarded leaves aglow with sunset Kim M. Russell, 23rd July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1709 shadow (Crossroads-Troiku) In […]
Midsummer Rain
softness of warm rain born and bred in sun-filled clouds sprinkling the senses Kim M. Russell, 23rd July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1708 midsummer rain Today we have another classical kigo to work with and the prompt is ‘midsummer rain’.
Inspired by the Moon
She was twelve, and the summer holidays were only days away – no school, long days of freedom, and excitement in the air. Dad kept his promise. They’d watched the launch repeat on the news and then he woke her up in the middle of the night to sit side by side on the sofa, […]
Perfumed Question
honeysuckle blooms starlit in the night how does it spill fragrance? Kim M. Russell, 22nd July 2019 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Roads Weekend Mini-Challenge: Pick 2 Prompts, Any Prompts! then Senryū or Elfchen or Cherita I’m catching up with reading and writing after a weekend with my daughter son-in-law and grandson, so […]
Cool
gentle breeze blowing ripples on chamomile tea a shady willow Kim M. Russell, 22nd July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1707 cooling on the porch (hashi-i), classical haiku Today our challenge is to create haiku following the classical rules with a classical kigo from the Shiki Saijiki, ‘cooling on the porch (hashi-i)’, part of […]
Crow
dusk and leaves fall with the weight of a crow a branch bends Kim M. Russell, 22nd July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #94 Crow (Photo-shopping haiku) Having only just returned from a visit to my daughter and grandson, I’m late responding to this weekend’s meditation. The challenge this weekend was an […]
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