in September sky the man in the moon is trapped a fly in amber © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.telegraph.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem #1059 Harvest Moon Today’s prompt is Harvest Moon. With this prompt we enter the autumn section of Jane Reichhold’s A Dictionary of Haiku. harvest the golden grain color in […]
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Unfurling Fungi
as summer shades fade autumn colours come to life unfurling fungi © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Special #219 Dolores’ 3rd colourful mushrooms For today’s CD-Special ‘colourful mushrooms’ Chèvrefeuille has chosen a series of haiku which Dolores wrote in October 2015, in which she captures the spirit and beauty of autumn: […]
Wisdom and Wordsmithery
wisdom forged from experience tempered with words © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on en.wikipedia.org My response to Carpe Diem #1058 wisdom Today’s prompt is wisdom and Chèvrefeuille has given us two of his own haiku as inspiration: wisdom caught in a few words fireworks enjoy the little things see the shepherd’s purse beneath […]
Anticipating Autumn
arid summer creek anticipates a shower tumbling autumn leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1057 creek Today we have another episode inspired by Jane Reichhold’s saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku” and the prompt is creek, a modern kigo from the Summer Terrestrial section. The examples of haiku by Jane are: summer […]
Dew-silvered
an owl’s silent wings gliding on morning shadows dew-silvered garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1056 dew Today the prompt is dew, with a haiku by Jane Reichhold for inspiration: seaside gardens summer dew comes filled with ocean power © Jane Reichhold
Cool Autumn
the year has started to draw to a close – autumn cools remaining heat © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1055 coolness The following are haiku by Jane Reichold for inspiration for today’s episode on ‘coolness’: a day shortens as the beach cools its shadows dry creek bed a coolness flows […]
Freewheeling Solstice
solstice cycle freewheeling through summer days then long nights draw in © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have a large framed print of this photograph on my study wall: Hermann Landshoff. ‘The Bicyclers’ Published in ‘Junior Bazaar’ August 1946 Image found on artblart.com My response to Carpe Diem #1054 Summer Solstice Today our prompt is Summer […]
Folded Prayers
origami boat setting sail from a temple folded paper prayers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on xdesktopwallpapers.com My response to Carpe Diem #1053 worship Today the modern kigo is worship and Chèvrefeuille has given us some examples of Jane Reichold’s haiku: in the beginning all spirit – all holy a world boat to a beach […]
Happiness in the Quiet Garden
scent of trees sanctity of leaf shadows morning sounds © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1052 Happiness In this episode, Chèvrefeuille told us about some of the things that made Jane Reichold happy and shared some of her haiku to inspire us: a great gift a day on the beach given […]
Summer Calm
bird song under a shady tree summer calm © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1051 Calm With this new episode of our tribute to Jane Reichhold month we are entering the next season, summer. Chèvrefeuille has chosen another modern kigo from Jane Reichhold’s A Dictionary of Haiku: a certain calm in summer’s […]
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