single yellow leaf the first on the cherry tree it hung there all week yesterday the wind blew strong the yellow leaf has fallen Kim M. Russell, 9th September 2018 My response to Carpe DiemTanka Splendour: Autumn Leaves Tanka Splendour has just been restarted, with the weekly challenge of creating a Tanka on a given […]
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Morning Sun
morning sun the twinkle of stars still in the dew Jane Reichhold tiny prisms form on leaves each one contains a rainbow Kim M. Russell, 2nd September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge […]
Autumn Coolness
autumn coolness each peeling with our hands melons and eggplant melon seeds drip from fingers […]
Swinging Gate
a swinging gate on both sides the flowers open – close an offering of pollen […]
Evening Lull
seagulls cut low arcs dancing across a clear sky an intake of breath ice clinks in a sparkling glass long shadows begin to crowd Kim M. Russell, 22nd June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1459 evening lull (yuunagi) Today’s summer kigo is evening lull (yuunagi).
Nagoshi
a shower of sparks fireworks in the evening heat purification turning into falling leaves flames leaping from a bonfire Kim M. Russell, 18th June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1455 half-year’s end festival (nagoshi) Today’s classical kigo for summer ‘half-year’s end festival’ (nagoshi). Nagoshi is one of the 100.000 festivals which occur in Japan […]
The Awakening
in the fading night your face was laden with dreams fluttering eyelids the rise and fall of your chest and our curious kisses Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1400 The Awakening, a love poem by Rumi In the final regular episode of March, our inspiration is a love poem written by […]
Venetian Glass
shimmering mirror marriage of water and light engendering glass reflects a colourful past boats, masks and clouds of balloons Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Through the looking glass
Secrets
glimmering birch bark soul exposed on silver limbs longing for new leaves secrets wrapped in tender buds to be whispered on a breeze Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman ~ The Tree Sisters Sherry tells us that there is a women’s movement rising all […]
The Dust of Stars
silence the dust of stars shining radiance © Jane Reichhold essence of the universe filling the darkness of space brightness mistress of the stars the benign moon beaming a sliver of smile arching a quizzical brow questions celestial equations each night an answer lessons of experience written in […]
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