the rainy season hissing on a goldsmith’s fire roar of jaguar Kim M. Russell, 14th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1431 Chavin Culture On our journey into the high mountains of the Andes, we have passed Paron Lake, where we already found out a little bit about today’s theme: the prehistoric Chavin culture, […]
Category: Haiku
Footsteps
sunset’s afterglow the echoing of footsteps in a lonely heart Kim M. Russell, 14th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Crossroads #9 Ozaki Hosai’s “on the field” In a new episode of Carpe Diem’s ‘fusion’ feature, the two haiku we are working with were written by the classic haiku poet, Ozaki Hosai, who embraced […]
Nightingale
in the early hours the nightingale tames its song a small splendid gift Kim M. Russell, 13th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #32 Use That Quote … Florence Nightingale For this weekend’s meditation, we have an episode of the special feature ‘Use That Quote’. As this weekend is Florence Nightingale’s birthday […]
Shadow Puppetry
midnight sky drips ink on the spotlight of the moon windblown silhouettes Kim M. Russell, 11th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Quest for a (new) Masterpiece … introduction Chèvrefeuille believes a masterpiece is a haiku (or tanka) that has the power to become a classic like the Basho haiku about the old frog […]
Paron Lake
melting mountain peaks deep in the blue of the lake reflections remain Kim M. Russell, 11th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1430 Paron Lake (Peru) In today’s episode, our challenge is to create a haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form inspired by an image of Paron Lake, a lake in the Andean […]
Next Stop Galera Station
breathless altitudes only ghost trains rattle through shadowy mountains Kim M. Russell, 9th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1429 Galera Station We are on our way on the Peruvian Railroad, one of the highest railroads of the world, which also has one of the highest railway stations, Galera Station, where the trains no […]
Huanca
tending alpacas in the shadows of mountains ancient warriors Kim M. Russell, 9th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1427 Huanca Today Chèvrefeuille has given us some background to the Huanca, Quechua people who live in the Junín Region of central Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley.
Junin
hide and seek landscape glaciers and rain forests steaming up valleys Kim M. Russell, 8th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1426 Junin, Mantaro Valley In a new Andean episode we are visiting another region along the Peruvian Railroad: Junín, a region in the central highlands and westernmost Peruvian Amazon.
Still Life with Bare Branches
bare branches a painting against the blue sky leaves under my feet © Yozakura, the Wandering Spirit bare branches vibrant leaves drift on the wind summer has been shed a painting against the blue sky raven-black brush marks nature’s autograph leaves under my feet crackling pool of red and gold rotting to russet Kim M. […]
River Talk
the river’s talking narrating tidal stories garbage ebb and flow Kim M. Russell, 4th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1425 El Río Hablador (The Talking River) Our prompt for today is ‘El Rio Hablador’ (The Talking River), a nickname for the Rimac River, which is is located in western Peru.
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