I bow to my master Matsuo Basho told me the way to watch a snail Chèvrefeuille haiku spiral from its shell and unravel in its trail Kim M. Russell Kim M. Russell, 13th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1662 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (9) Watching a Snail In the first episode […]
Fearless Pheasant
handsome cock pheasant strutting closer to the cat burnished head erect Kim M. Russell, 12th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #84 Quest for a new masterpiece: Movement (Undou) This weekend the challenge is to create a new masterpiece, a haiku that will last forever and will be known by a lot […]
In Pieces
a part of her has always been apart a […]
Looking Ahead
cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins Jane Reichhold in a spiral of russet first kamikaze leaf falls Kim M. Russell, 10th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1661 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (8) Beginning of Autumn Today’s haiku from which to create a […]
Eco-logical Lai
fruits of muddy shores crested waves before sparkled wanting to know more tempted to explore startled by this sky of ours millions of stars buried in Earth’s store extinct dinosaurs marvelled ancient bones galore crashed like meteors thankful how can we ignore life in ocean’s store? Kim M. Russell, 9th May 2019 My response to […]
After April
After April rain that’s washed into May, sun illuminates the sparkling garden embroidered with a foam of daisies and brassy dandelion buttons. I find one last withered snowdrop, a survivor from the yellow flood, breathe air encouraging and fresh with growth while I stop and listen to a chiffchaff chuckling a tune, a song that […]
Wisteria
in the moonlight, the colour and scent of the wisteria seems far away Yosa Buson intertwined with hazy mist rising with birds from the lake Kim M. Russell, 9th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1660 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (7) Wisteria Today our inspiration comes […]
Natures Gift
At five o’clock a patch of sky unfolds its hues like Italian paper, marbled mauves and blues. Untangling on the horizon, the new dawn breaks and, by sunrise, the wrinkled ocean wakes, stifles a yawn, wraps the beach in waves and sky: Nature’s azure gift and early morning surprise. Kim M. Russell, 8th May 2019 […]
Chestnut
autumn moonlight– a worm digs silently into the chestnut Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold) soon both will fall from the tree brief life on a small planet Kim M. […]
Theoretically
We harvested the fruits of muddy shores, watched millions of diamond sparkles on the crests of ocean waves before we turned our eyes to space. It startled us and left us wanting to know more about what lies beyond the darkness, titillated and tempted to explore. Still we must overcome hurdles while our feet are […]
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