life in the balance masculine and feminine breathing energy Kim M. Russell, 2017 Yin Yang by Joel Shapses My response to Carpe Diem #1229 Yin & Yang Chèvrefeuille welcomes us to the first episode of a new month of prompts with a new theme: modern art, which includes artistic work produced from the 1860s to […]
Category: Haiku
Departure #18
a russet storm blows raining crab apples and twigs winter is waiting Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #17
on the motorway in the slipstream of traffic holiday’s over Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on highwaysindustry.com My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Summer Sunset
summer silence sifts in an iridescent sky settling in sunset Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1228 sunset (CD Imagination) In the final episode of a month in which we have explored several kigo for summer, classical and non-classical, our last prompt is ‘sunset’.
Myriad
many memories traced in the lines on his face revealed in his smile Kim M. Russell, 2017 The portrait I found on Pinterest uses only half of a man’s face to tell a story. My response to Carpe Diem Time Travel #5 This week’s ‘weekend-meditation’ is an episode of Carpe Diem’s Time Travel, Ancient Japanese […]
Departure #16
Passchendaele poppies blood-red on the battlefield dearly departed Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on telegraph.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure” Written for the 100th anniversary of The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 Jul 1917 – 10 Nov 1917
Departure #15
smell of old flowers forgotten lives evanesce as the soul departs Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #14
a haiku departs sweet seepage through bone and skin written on the heart Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Departure #13
departure lounges holding rooms for travellers desperate to fly Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on dailymail.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Swamp
humidity drips spongy swamp grass and sphagnum squelching underfoot Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1226 swamp Today we have a modern kigo, taken from A Dictionary of Haiku by Jane Reichhold, which one wouldn’t immediately associate with summer: swamp. He has also shared a haiku written by […]
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