even old men open their eyes to New Year cherry blossoms Kim M. Russell, 19th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #85 Photo-shopping Haiku (2) Cherry Blossom For this weekend’s meditation we have another episode of the new feature: ‘Photo-Shopping Haiku’, in which we tweak or make a little change to a […]
Fast News is Like Fast Food
I remember when news wasn’t quite so new – it was events from yesterday, the day or even weeks before. Reporters sent telegrams and pigeons from far away. We waited for news of births, deaths and wars, read a newspaper over a cup of tea or coffee, ate fish and chips from it, smothered it […]
Picnic under the Willow
The willow dome quivers at the touch of a breeze and the sun-blessed air hums a melody of bees. A full jug of lemonade, iced and freshly squeezed, balances by sliced bread and a bowl of strawberries. We sip and chew together, plates perched upon our knees; listening to the river, we drift into drowsiness […]
Dangling Prayer Beads
prayer beads dangling a harvest moon prayer… mountain home Kobayashi Issa a hazy corona of stars assembles around the peak Kim M. Russell, 17th May 2019 […]
Another Year Gone
another year is gone a traveller’s shade on my head, straw sandals at my feet Matsuo Basho old places are left behind unknown landscapes lie ahead Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1665 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (12) ‘special’ Basho: Miscanthus bud Today […]
Only Tracks
late summer alone on the beach with only tracks Jane Reichhold warm sand rubs between tired toes enticed by the wash of tide seagulls overhead melancholy messages scribbled in the sky returning them to sender below on the empty beach Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1664 Tan Renga […]
It’s No Picnic
picnic on the beach there’s sand in the sandwiches flies float in the juice seagulls circle overhead we chew with stiff upper lips Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Picnic(s) Susan is our host this week with a challenge that asks us to use sense images to bring […]
Elemental
Oh, ageing lioness! moth-eaten and tooth-sore, you’re restrained in a cage. You have lost your fierce roar and the fire in your eyes has burnt down to embers. The lush savanna grass turned to dust in your claws. The monkey from your back picks gristle from your jaws, and sings a lullaby each night between […]
A poem featured at Poets United
Today I am proud to have a boomerang poem featured in Sherry’s ‘Poems of the Week’ at Poets United. It’s one I posted a while ago for one of Sherry’s prompts. It sits between two lovely poems by Toni and Sara. If you’d like to read all three, follow the link below: https://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/05/poems-of-week-boomerang-poems-by-toni.html
Snap of an Icicle
muffled and silenced the snap of an icicle engulfed by fresh snow the quiet whiteness broken by a robin’s burst of song Kim M. Russell 13th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1663 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (10) snap of an icicle In today’s episode, we are creating Tan Renga with one […]
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