ancient tea kettle music of bubbles and steam tea scent in the air Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1359 The Tea Kettle The fairy tales have come to an end with today’s Japanese story, ‘The Tea Kettle’.
Category: Haiku
Green Willow
slender willow tree bending to each season’s wind until the axe falls Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1358 Green Willow
Bamboo Flute
in bamboo shadows spring breezes find fingerholes listen to the flute Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1357 The Flute
Peace Within Days 15 to 18
woods and fields flicker in a flood of morning sun train windows flash a red kite flutters sun catches and burns its wings sacrificed to wind bent by sudden gusts smoke tugs at a chimney stack a dirty dancer a welter of surf falling in a hiss of spray February tides Kim M. Russell, 2018 […]
Peace Within Days 12 to 14
hidden in willow a cat with celandine eyes fresh scent of new buds lunar courtesan tangled in a birch branch tattered kimono rambling cherry tree her branches yield sparse blossom humble offering Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has […]
Peace Within Day 11
colours of nature painted on a starling’s wings a van Gogh nightscape Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of […]
Peony Smile
pink peony opens to the touch of sun a geisha’s lips Kim M. Russell My response to Carpe Diem #1356 The Peony Lantern (Japanese fairy-tale) In today’s episode of our Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we have a new Japanese fairytale: ‘The Peony Lantern’.
Peace Within Day 10
in the forest’s depths gnarled trees exhale oxygen a pine-scented breeze Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018 Peace Within For Carpe Diem’s Winter Retreat 2018, Chèvrefeuille has challenged us to create a haiku or tanka inspired on the theme of ‘Peace Within’ every day during a period of 30 […]
Magic Jewels
flames flicker and fade facets of sun-sparked jewels glittering sea foam Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1355 The Sea King and the Magic Jewels (Japanese fairytale) Although I haven’t heard of the Japanese fairy tales we have read so far, I have spotted some similarities with more familiar fairy tales. I […]
Black Bowl
a black bowl of cloud destiny’s broom sweeps the sky the sun shines again Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1354 The Black Bowl (Japanese fairytale) Today’s we have a fairytale with a moral about inner beauty and perseverance.
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