arise from sleep, old cat, and with great yawns and stretchings… amble out for love A haiku by Kobayashi Issa, which inspired me to write curious young cat, tail an exclamation mark, revealed by your purr Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Utabukuro, the poem-bag #1 re-introduction “a single tulip” Chèvrefeuille has […]
Category: Haiku
With Every Gust – a haiku and a troiku
with every gust of wind a sigh of seeding grasses purple misted marsh with every gust of wind waves leave imprints in the sand trace of salty kiss a sigh of seeding grasses still warm from late summer sun a seaside romance purple misted marsh drains the sky of sparkling blue muted autumn hue Kim […]
Departure #30
tenacious acorn last nut hanging on the oak eyed by a squirrel Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My final response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #29
premature harvest ferments and rots on the branch an August windfall Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #28
light creeps in at six there’s a squirrel on the grass chilly morning air Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #27
departing time water drips, seasons slip down the cosmic drain Kim M. Russell, 2017 I took this photograph of the water clock on Southwold Pier on Tuesday, when we chanced the weather for a day trip to the seaside. True to British summer form, it started raining not long after! My response to Carpe Diem […]
Tongue Ekphrastic
jade tongue licks the sky dark flame in a pale landscape ravenous for light Kim M. Russell, 2017 Tongue of Lucifer (Rudi van de Wint) My response to Carpe Diem #1235 Tongue of Lucifer Chevrefeuille’s latest prompt in the Modern Art Month is a sculpture on one of the dikes near to where he lives: […]
Waves
ripples of concrete waves that never reach the shore a static ocean Kim M. Russell, 2017 Heydar Aliyev Center Baku Azerbaijan (exterior) My response to Carpe Diem #1234 Waves (Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azarbaijan, by Zaha Hadid)
Light Years
refracting colours geometric light dances time’s composition Kim M. Russell, 2017 Dana Gordon, Light Years (2015-16) My response to Carpe Diem #1233 Geometric patterns
Departure #26
first leaf of autumn seeking synchronisation early departure Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
writing in north norfolk 