My response to Carpe Diem #997 apple cascades of blossom: promises of autumn fruit’s cider-scented flesh © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Klimt’s Apple Tree found on www.klimtgallery.org
Category: Haiku
A Quiet Moment
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #87 Back In Time “Carpe Diem’s Japanese Garden” and Mindlovemisery Menagerie Heeding Haiku shallow stone birdbath – a dusty robin splashes in sun’s reflection © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.animalphotos.me
Hazel Wand
My response to Carpe Diem #996 Hazel I sit by a stream, carve runes on a hazel wand, watch husks in water. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.spiritofold.co.uk
Mandarin Yin and Yang
My response to Carpe Diem Special #214 Mandarin Duck by Buson For this CD Special Chèvrefeuille has asked us to write a haiku with the same sense, tone and spirit as the following by Yosa Buson: mandarin duck – rain falls silently from an oak © Yosa Buson (1716-1783) Mandarin Ducks faithful yin and yang […]
From White to Red
My response to Carpe Diem #994 Hawthorn pungent lacy blooms thorn-pinned to springtime hedgerow bleed haws in autumn © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Summer Sorrow
My response to Carpe Diem Special 213 “Whitecaps on the bay” by Richard Wright Chèvrefeuille has asked us to take inspiration from a beautiful haiku by Richard Wright, which gives the impression of a scene that just lasts for one moment . The challenge is to write a new haiku (or tanka) in the same […]
Mango
My response to Carpe Diem Utabukuro #13 For my favourite haiku, I have chosen one by James Berry. I love the way he has personified the banana to convey how much he enjoys it. Settled in the bowl alone, banana lies there cuddle-curved waiting. For my own haiku, I have taken an old […]
Birches by Moonlight
My response to Carpe Diem 988 Birch silvered by its glow ghostly birches bare branches and bark to the moon © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Rising with Bubbles
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille June 29th 2016 Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) This week Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create haiku inspired on a quote by the ancient philosopher Confucius: “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” do not be afraid to dive into the water: rise with the bubbles © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Sweet Seclusion
My response to Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #85 Back in time: Use that quote Chèvrefeuille has asked us to write a haiku, tanka or other form of Japanese poetry inspired by a quote from Lord Byron: ‘There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none […]
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