among high branches at the end of the garden silhouettes of crows a single black feather falls in kaleidoscope of leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #1 Teika’s first of Ten Tanka Writing Techniques “Mystery and Depth” I have arrived super late to the first […]
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Holy Tea Cup
Krishna rests on leaves in banyan’s mirror image refreshed by cool rain filling the holy tea cup infused with perfumed jasmine © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #4 jasmine rain In this fourth CD Special, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a mixture of haiku and […]
A Kiss at the Gate
lips locked in a kiss arms entwined in an embrace lost in the moment two hearts beating together underneath the kissing gate © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Paul Militaru My response to Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru #4 kissing gate Chèvrefeuille has brought us another episode of Imagination with Paul Militaru and a beautiful photo […]
Autumn River Song
riversong wind blown from autumn trees a stream of gold © Jane Reichhold ripe notes of nuts and berries eddy in a whirl of leaves weeping skies rain soaks fallen foliage diluting colour russet fading into grey seasonal evanescence bonfires burn detritus and dank decay curling on the air musical sigh of the breeze comforting […]
Camera Relics
in box or album collections of memories fading photographs captured by technology tokens of mortality © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1076 camera Today’s prompt is ‘camera’, another creative tool. Some of us use photos to create haiga (poetry + image) or to make our posts more attractive to read, and they […]
Quilt
trees, moss and lichen merge into a patchwork quilt of brown and scarlet keeping warm the young girl’s heart until her lover returns © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #2 the moon rises each night (tanka) This week Chèvrefeuille has inspired us with a few […]
Morning Cobwebs
dewdrops glitter on tangled threads of cobweb pale moon reflections mere memories of midnight in growing light of morning © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Special (2nd guest) Kala Ramesh #2 “tangled thoughts . . .” (tanka) Today is the second Carpe Diem Special by Kala Ramesh, […]
Lavender Oxymoron
gentle spikiness a perfumed oxymoron of lavender clouds bees buzzing in the garden memories of happiness © Kim M. Russell, 2016 gentle scent of lavender My response to Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru #2 “gentle scent of lavender” I’ve been looking forward to this new episode of Carpe Diem Imagination with Paul Militaru (URL: https://photopaulm.com) […]
Airy Melody
harnessing the wind in the hollow of bamboo airy melody coaxed by tips of fleet fingers and kiss of flute player’s lips © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on jpninfo.com My response to Carpe Diem’s Universal Jane #1 Introduction “all my years” Chèvrefeuille has brought us the first episode of a new tribute special feature for […]
The Morning After
steam-rollered by waves whipped up by wuthering wind the beach is uncreased sloping down to kiss the tide in ebb-and-flow afterglow © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1066 beach Chèvrefeuille has chosen a few haiku by Jane Reichhold as examples for today’s prompt: beach: the beach is clean with new driftwood […]
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