autumn storms reveal
the playfulness of corvids
buffeted black shapes
bare auburn branches
outlines against a gnarled sky
the cawing of crows
Kim M. Russell, 18th June 2020
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: Imagism Revisited
This Thursday, Frank T invites us to delve into the poetic craft of imagery, which involves finding the right words and phrases to capture the essence of a moment or a ‘thing’. Frank has focused on Imagism, of which he has given us a brief background, a list of some of the associated poets, as well as its main tenets:
- Direct treatment of the ‘thing’, whether subjective or objective.
- To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation.
- As regarding rhythm: to compose in sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of the metronome.
He has also shared examples of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, William Carols Williams and H.D.
Our mission is to write poems utilizing the aesthetics of the Imagists.
writing in north norfolk 
An evocative pair of haiku, Kim, with beautifully present imagery. Lovely write!
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Thank you, Frank!
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Two corvid haikus – one light, one a little darker. Great use of imagery, Kim. And you know I love the corvid family.
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Corvids are wonderful.
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I too love Corvids and the evocative haikus you wrote here – what strikes most for me is “the playfulness of corvids” – yes they are much more amusing than the superstition permits
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Thank you, Laura.
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the gnarled sky—that’s the kind of image I love 🙂
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I love expressive skies, Jane, and we get plenty of them in Norfolk! 😉
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I bet you do, those flat landscapes allow you to see so much of the sky, and the North Sea helps too.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #8: Kim Russell’s latest haiku for #dVersePoets’ #MTB!
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Thank you for the reblog, Frank!
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My pleasure, Kim! 🙂
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Perfect pitch, catchy haikus, rocking the prompt. I, too, love all the blackbirds.
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Thanks Glenn!
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Beautifully done…like the Hitchcock movie!
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Thank you, Viv!
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🙂
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I love the darkness and tension in this. Well done!
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Thank you!
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😊🤗
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Cawlicious, KR.
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Thanks Ron!
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I also wrote about crows! I admire your second haiku best…the auburn branches against gnarled sky.
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Thank you, Lynn! I will be reading shortly and look forward to your crow poem!
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Crows are intelligent birds. I love to watch them. I also love that gnarled sky.
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Thank you, Debi.
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I really enjoyed your haiku. Your November scene is like life here right now in wintery Australia. We get that kind of atmospheric weather in June.
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Thank you, Suzanna. I’m looking forward to our autumn already.
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Great imagery, well done .. never seen that many at once!
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Me neither. The largest flock I’ve seen was in late autumn, They’d been roosting in the trees and suddenly took off like black leaves.
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incredible!
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This has great sounds as well as great images. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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kaykuala
Perfect imagism, Kim, right through the whole poem.
Hank
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Thank you, Hank!
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Can’t go wrong with crows. This evokes them beautifully.
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Thank you!
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“the playfulness of corvids” given my name, I adored this line, but it is the gnarled sky and cawing of crows that clings to me with a chill. Well done.
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Thank you!
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These could easily be woven together, one within the other. Nicely done.
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Thanks Ken!
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I envisaged the scene before I saw the photo. It was spot on Kim! Lovely Haiku pair.
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Thank you, Christine!
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