the new-born arrives wrapped in stormy clouds and waves a precious life the new-born arrives with wrinkles and eyes shut tight an ancient soul wrapped in stormy clouds and waves long-awaited cry stirs a mother’s love a precious life the first part of their journey together Kim M. Russell, 17th January 2020 My response to […]
Category: Haiku
Overwintering
in silken safety chrysalises dream of wings awaiting spring sun Kim M. Russell, 16th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1798 New Beginnings: Metamorphosis In today’s episode of New Beginnings, we enter the world of insects and butterflies. The challenge is to write about ‘metamorphosis’.
First Flake of Snow
single snowflake falls sparkling white in the dark night the pale moon shivers Kim M. Russell, 14th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1797 New Beginnings: First Snow Today’s prompt is ‘first snow’”, a classical kigo for winter. Our challenge is to create a classical haiku or tanka. Our examples are from Basho and […]
First Sunray
a glint of orange dancing on the horizon bare branches rejoice Kim M. Russell, 13th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1796 New Beginnings: first sunray Today our prompt is ‘first sunray’, and we’ve been given an example by Matsuo Basho to inspire us: Mume ga ka ni notto hi no deru yamaji kana […]
Personal Rainbows
crystal sun-catchers dancing in a flash of light rainbows on the wall Kim M. Russell, 10th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem 1795 New Beginnings: Rainbow In today’s episode of new beginnings our prompt is ‘rainbow’, which refers to the promise to Noah, as written in the Bible.
Proud
the proudest moment uttering a new word – clock he’s not even two Kim M. Russell, 9th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1794 New Beginnings: new born Today’s challenge is to create haiku, tanka or other form of Japanese poetry on the theme of ‘new born’, and can be about new born babies, […]
New Year Promises
a new calendar promises of days to come green shoots of snowdrops Kim M. Russell, 6th January 2020 My response to Carpe Diem #1792 New Beginnings: New Year’s Day I am so pleased to see Carpe Diem back with a new prompt for the new year. Happy New Year, Chèvrefeuille, poets and visitors! The theme […]
Poetry Pea Podcast: Ekphrasis
Patricia has posted the final Poetry Pea podcast, of 2019, Series 2 Episode 24, with a host of fabulous ekphrastic haiku, including two of mine. You can listen and read the show notes at the same time here.
Metamorphosis
early morning snow landing on a fresh white page robins track haiku Kim M. Russell, 5th December 2019 My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Changes Susan and Sumana bring us the aroma of change this midweek, with the sad news of their departure as hosts on 18th December. They have shared poems by Rilke, […]
Whoku
Irish soil stuck to his honest pen Seamus Heaney Kim M. Russell, 4th December 2019 I woke up this morning with this whoku in my head. Two things inspired it: Patricia’s Poetry Pea podcasts and the wonderful BBC2 programme about Seamus Heaney, which I watched on Saturday night and highly recommend. It’s called ‘Seamus […]
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