a true friend’s doorway offers shelter and succour to the injured soul soothes the exhausted body and repairs the wounded heart Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image of the painting ‘The Restorer Of Wounded Heart’ by Madalena Lobao-Tello found on Fine Art America. My response to Carpe Diem #1171 wounded heart Today Chèvrefeuille has brought us […]
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Stone
with a humble stone we can grind grains to make bread or finish a wall leaving clouds to do their job: gather rain, then let it fall Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image of woman grinding grain found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1169 humble In this episode Chèvrefeuille has shared another poem by […]
Flirtation
in dancing shadows thrown by a flickering flame a flash of bright eyes and pout of a flower mouth burn young men’s hearts to ashes Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1167 The Dancer In this new episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chèvrefeuille has shared a poem […]
A Keeper of the Earth
I am the apple a juicy planet in space born of root and branch conceived in a blossom’s seed spinning and dancing with stars Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Shutterstock My response to Carpe Diem Namasté, the Spiritual Way #4 keepers of the earth This week’s Namasté episode is about being one with […]
Nature in Miniature
beautiful bonsai sculpted by an artist’s hands nothing of their touch just a tiny trace of dew or could it be a teardrop? Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1156 Bonsai, the Japanese Tree-scaping Art In another episode about Japanese art forms, Chèvrefeuille has given us some interesting […]
Cracked Open
Bare earth rose: buckled, eroded craggy outcrops on the horizon, exposed to a breathless sky and Aurora’s lotus sun. Kim M. Russell, 2017 ‘Cracked Open’ by Ally Saunders My response to Tuesday Poetics: Ally Saunders – A Closer Look This week Mish is hosting Poetics and has a guest: Ally Saunders, an artist from Nanaimo, […]
Time Crystals
crystals repeating in perpetual motion without energy and no equilibrium jiggling mass of time jelly Kim M. Russell, 2017 Found in an article in Science Alert
Hospitable Barn
a barn by a lane baked with mud and straw a tissue of holes burrowed by rain, wind and mice decorates the broken door Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1138 hospitality There are only three days left in January and we are nearly at Santiago De Compostela, walking the Road to […]
Pigeon Feather
on overheard wires woodpigeons sit and grumble preening grey plumage their mottled heads together they drop a single feather Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk Day fourteen of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and […]
Fanfare of Raindrops
rain mutters in eaves, gurgles in gutters, whispers on the windowpane, plops on open umbrellas: a fanfare of spring showers Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem honours Jane Reichhold (1937-2017) G.) whisper of rain In the final episode of our special theme week in honour of what would […]
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