in nooks and corners
cold remains:
flowers of the plum
Buson
icicles encrust stamen
frozen promises of fruit
simply trust:
do not also the petals flutter down,
just like that?
Issa
if the moon falls from the sky
catch it in your empty hands
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream
Chiyo-Ni
pollen kiss of sunshine orbs
or a wish on a puffball
the thunderstorm having cleared up
the evening sun shines on a tree
where a cicada is chirping
Shiki
a last song – accompanied
only by the rustling leaves
the autumn wind:
thickets and fields also,
Fuha Barrier
Basho
waves lashing these small islands
foam and snow on mountain tops
ancient warriors ghosts
mists over the foreign highlands –
waiting for the full moon
Chèvrefeuille
to rise like a frozen plum
among icicles of stars
Kim M. Russell 16/02/2020
My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #116 Renga With … waiting for the full moon
This weekend our challenge is to create a renga with the so-called ‘big five’: Basho, Issa, Buson, Chiyo-Ni and Shiki, and Chèvrefeuille.
writing in north norfolk 
I love how the poems come full circle. Great technique!
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Thank you, Cara!
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All lovely…especially the image of the moon like a frozen plum in the iclcles of stars,
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Thank you!
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