Category: Tanka

Sparkling Wine

sparkling wine flames dance in her hand he is granted a smile                                Yozakura warm and intoxicating colour of grapes and romance               Kim M. Russell, 20th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: sparkling wine Today, the hokku we have been given to […]

Clouds and Waves

clouds and waves carry my dreams away tugging my anchor                                  Dolores my heart is a boat adrift on an unforgiving sea                             Kim M. Russell, 17th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: clouds and waves Today […]

Dim Glow of a Campfire

the end of the day the trailing threads of sunset stained with  pungent smoke                 Kim M. Russell, 17th September 2018 haunted valley deep in the mountains the dim glow of a campfire                      Chèvrefeuille My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge 2018 Chained Together III: […]

Rust and Dust

grasses wilt: the braking locomotive grinds to a halt                                Yamaguchi Seishi, (Tr. Michael R. Burch) dust between the rusty tracks a dandelion stoplight                      Kim M. Russell, 11th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: grasses wilt In a month […]

Last Apple of Autumn

one apple, alone in the abandoned orchard reddens for winter                                    Patrick Blanche (Tr. Michael R. Burch) fading drone of the last wasps drunk on sadness of sugar                      Kim M. Russell, 9th September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III: An […]

Leaf

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 […]