rain-soaked to the skin cyclist struggles up the hill with a jingling bell disappears over the crest in a sparkling spray of rain Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
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Departure #1
autumn comes in fast temperatures shift, currents change summer birds depart sunny mornings vaporise into mist and cloudy skies Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 ‘departure’ Every season, Chèvrefeuille tries to organize a ‘retreat’; the one for this autumn starts on 15th July and ends on 15th […]
Pollarded
pale birch trunks once stark winter skeletons shimmer in the light – leaves flame in gold and green blazing through dappled shade Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem’s Writing and Enjoying Haiku #2 no rules I missed the first episode of the new feature for the ‘weekend-meditation’, which Chèvrefeuille started two weeks […]
Pedicularis
the common lousewort has a magical power humble mountain herb camouflaged in shades of leaves and beautiful curved flowers Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1203 Pedicularis In today’s episode of CDHK we are looking again at the alternative health care of Tibet. Chèvrefeuille tells us that the […]
Perpetuum Mobile
birds of rocks and spray tip pebbles on sun-drenched sand flip shells and seaweed – on the distant horizon summer is sparkling in salt Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on rspb.org.uk My response to Chèvrefeuille’s Gift to You to Celebrate Our First Luster of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai #4 reprise “perpetuum mobile” In a […]
Tibetan Prayer Flags
a warm wind ripples bright rainbow of prayers unfolds in Tibetan sky freedom echoes in mantras across the Himalayas Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1199 prayer flags, messengers for the gods In the first episode of June at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chèvrefeuille is taking us on […]
Sunflowers at Dawn – May Tan Renga
in the light of dawn sunflowers reach to the blue sky praising their Creator © Chèvrefeuille Fibonacci spiral eyes track the sun from east to west Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #19 in the light of dawn In the last episode […]
Wandering Crow – May Tan Renga
a wandering crow its old nest has become a plum tree © Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) sprouted from an old fruit stone abandoned in the garden its chicks are long flown hungry yellow mouths are beaks that feed their own scattering coal dust feathers in new nests in other trees a wandering crow observing […]
Pines – May Tan Renga
wind in the pines swirls upward to heaven whispered prayers © Candy freeze into snowflake crystals icing on fragrant needles Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Month 2017 #17 wind in the pines (Candy) Chèvrefeuille has reminded us that Tan Renga Challenge […]
Ascension
shadow silhouette of a bird of prey ascends – my soul leaps and soars above spring-warmed earth heat glows sun-silvered and bird-haunted Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Namasté The Spiritual Way – Ascension In this new episode, Chèvrefeuille challenges us to create haiku, tanka or another Japanese […]
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