tepid rain shower mingling with warm pool ripples sun sparkles on skin tepid rain shower releases petrichor scent dusty afternoon mingling with warm pool ripples not a breath of breeze early leaf fall floats sun sparkles on skin emerging from deep water sudden splash of light Kim M. Russell, 18th July 2019 My response to […]
Category: Haiku
Moonlight Dip
shivering full moon slides into water covered with goose bumps Kim M. Russell, 16th July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1703 skinny dipping in the moonlight Today at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai we are skinny dipping in the moonlight! For those of you who may not understand the ambiguity, ‘full moon of Brighton’ means […]
Poetry Pea Podcast: Trees
Patricia has kindly included two of my haiku in the latest Poetry Pea Podcast Series 2 Episode 14: Trees. There are some stunning tree haiku from around the world, and Patricia reads them beautifully. You can listen to the podcast as well as read the notes to accompany it on the Poetry Pea website.
Bicycle Utopia
in a quiet world the tinkling of bicycles bells and a warm breeze Kim M. Russell, 14th July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #93 Carpe Diem’s Utopia: transportation For this weekend’s meditation we have a new episode of our Carpe Diem’s Utopia, a challenge you to create classical haiku or tanka with […]
Cooling Down
caressing bare feet cool shadows in the long grass a rustling breeze Kim M. Russell, 11th July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1700 cooling down In the 1700th regular episode, in a month that’s all about summer love, today’s theme is ‘cooling down’, with a few haiku by Basho on the topic to give […]
Humidity
ice and kisses evaporate on hot skin a trickle of sweat Kim M. Russell, 9th June 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1699 sweating It’s Carpe Diem’s ‘Summer Love’ month and today’s challenge is to create a haiku or tanka in which we describe making love on a hot summer night’ implicitly, like a mystery […]
Summer Night
melting with the heat oblivious to gender their sun-kissed bodies Kim M. Russell, 9th July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1698 Hot Summer Night … Imagination, also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform In a new episode, in which Carpe Diem’s Haiku Kai celebrates summer and all that belongs to the […]
Sun Rays
under the willow mid-day sun plays hide and seek nature’s parasol Kim M. Russell, 7th July 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #92 Quest for a new masterpiece: Sun Rays This weekend’s meditation with Carpe Diem’s Haiku Kai is another challenge to create a new masterpiece that follows the classical rules on the […]
Summer Cocktail
tilted parasol we sip our summer cocktail two straws in one glass Kim M. Russell, 2nd June 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1694 summer cocktails This month’s Haiku Kai is all about summer love, and today the theme is ‘summer cocktails’.
Poetry Pea Podcast: Something a little naughty
Although I haven’t been able to do any writing recently, I have a slightly erotic haiku in the latest Poetry Pea Podcast Series 2 Episode 12: Something a little naughty. You can listen to the podcast as well as read the notes to accompany it on the Poetry Pea website.
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