My response to Carpe Diem Special #200 Basho’s disciples: Ransetsu’s “against the blue” branches of tall trees tear holes in night’s canopy releasing stardust © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.bibliotecapleyades.net
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
Quietude
My response to Carpe Diem #930 mirror silent azure sky kisses the water gently quiet ripples spread © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Blowing Dandelions
My haiku in response to Carpe Diem #929 wind bag chattering children blow on dandelion clocks seeds drift on the wind © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest
Cascading Moonlight
My first attempt at a cascading haiku in reposnse to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille “moonlight” purest silver light cascades into darkest night heaven’s lantern heaven’s lantern constant but drawn by the tide fades into black fades into black from a smiling face to a winking eye © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image […]
On first visiting Burano
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Adventures in travelling Leaning over the side Of the vaporetto Sharp spray cooling Heat pricked arms We watched the boats Sun diamonds on waves Faces in the crowd Tourists and commuters Brash and loud Inhaled the heady mingling Of expensive scent Engine oil Tang of the bay […]
Dandelions
A poem for children Little beaming suns Suddenly appear In lawns and meadows. Butterflies feed On the nectar of their yellow. As fluffy seed clocks, Children help them on their way, Telling time of day, As does the wind, Floating parachutes of seed Far and wide. In autumn, Their toothy leaves go unseen And […]
Dragonfly Dance
My response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #86 Flash&Dance Electric blue flash Shimmer of dragonfly dance In summer garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on todayilearned.co.uk
Flowers
I was planning to bring you flowers But they fade and die You no longer see living plants In a garden Or a park So I brought you something more lasting Unusual A purple tinged succulent In a glass cube Transparent You can see the soil The moss and roots And then I saw the […]
Guards and peacocks
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Haibun Monday #8 – journey/travel At sixteen, I had been on just two holidays: one with the school when I was ten, and one with a friend and her family when I was twelve, both to the Isle of Wight. So my first visit to Cologne before moving there […]
Word Rebel
My response to The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Word Prompt #26 – this was a tough one! Word rebel In haiku forest Clears the way Word rebel Bans dark confusion Patch of light In haiku forest Pruning green Foliage Clears the way To enlightenment Haiku thrives © Kim M. Russell, 2016
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