blue flowers trickle in a dried-up riverbed secret well of life Kim M. Russell My response to Carpe Diem #1306 The Secret Well of Life Today’s episode is called ‘The Secret Well of Life’. Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn: And Lip to Lip […]
Category: Haiku
No Key
beyond the locked door secrets of the universe curiosity Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1305 No Key In this new episode of our Rubaiyat Haiku Kai, we have reached Quatrain XXXII, the sequel to yesterday’s quatrain, which Chèvrefeuille has called ‘No Key’. There was a Door to which I found no […]
The Seventh Gate
rising at the gate winter sun spreads little warmth sharing its wisdom Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1304 The Seventh Gate Chèvrefeuille tells us that, as he was reading the Rubaiyat, there were several quatrains he didn’t understand, which sounded magical and mysterious. Today’s Quatrain XXXI is such a quatrain: […]
Art
coloured and textured layered with ideas and words an artistic soul Kim M. Russell, 2017 My thirtieth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Seed of Wisdom
red poppies linger promise of oblivion or red remembrance Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1233 Seed of Wisdom I’ve just returned to the Rubaiyat after being ill for a few days and we have leapt to Quatrain XXVIII. Today’s episode is called ‘seed of wisdom’. With them the seed of Wisdom […]
Bird Sky
disturbed flock of birds takes wing, wheeling and turning, pouring from the sky Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-ninth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Winter Percussion
showers of hailstones beating tattoos on windows drumming in winter Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-seventh response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Last Colours of Autumn
weak sun filters through unfolds dull skirts of winter faded foliage Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-sixth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Intoxication
grape blood fills the cup numbing the soul to sorrow until tomorrow Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1232 past regrets and future fears Today we are working with a quatrain in which one of the themes of The Rubaiyat recurs: wine and the drinking of wine.
River’s Lip
on the riverbank memories of lovers past echoes of kisses Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1301 River’s Lip Yesterday Chèvrefeuille gave us ‘The Rose’, which I thought was quatrain XX1V of the Rubaiyat, but which he has numbered XVIII. He also promised today”s quatrain that makes ‘The Rose’ complete.
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