“You are a guest of nature” (Hundertwasser) boots crush vernal grass and clover barley heads droop the once living quilt of meadow has shrivelled up and died and the earth shivers with fear as the sun climbs ever higher above the blasted pasture of the biosphere while humans bandy words like ‘zero tolerance’ they neglect […]
The Weight of a Butterfly
waterweed floating away, despite the butterfly’s weight on it Chiyo-Ni (Tr. Ueda) sheen of sunlight on its wings spectacular swallowtail Kim M. Russell, 7th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1601 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (5) the weight of a butterfly In a new episode of the Tan Renga Challenge month, we have […]
Unseen
I no longer need to hide in doorways and shadows – I’m one of the unseen. I’m a tatty pigeon faltering on feathers of memories. I’m a twisted old silver birch, invisible in moonlight. I’m a river with no audible ripple, grown lumpen and tufty, dried to a trickle and a tangle of reeds. I […]
Cold Wintry Wind
the cold wintry wind is blowing so hard that the sun sinks into the ocean Soseki waves infused with molten gold rage against a stormy sky Kim M. Russell, 5th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1600 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (4) […]
Garden at Sunrise
garden at sunrise shadows erased by first rays sunflowers turning Ken Gierke (RivrVlogr) petals illuminated Helianthus tracks the day Kim M. Russell, 5th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1599 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (3) garden at sunrise In a new episode of Ferbuary’s Tan Renga Challenge, we have a masterpiece by Ken […]
Crystal Sunlight
plump drops of dawn dew pregnant with bursts of sunlight new life awakens Kim M. Russell, 4th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Rebirth of an Old Feature: Time Glass 1 Crystal A time-challenging feature entitled ‘Time Glass’ has been resurrected at Carpe Diem and the goal is to create haiku or tanka inspired […]
The Solitude of Green
It is never lonely in our garden; there is no despair or desolation, just the solitude of green. Even in winter, I am embraced by green: the bending of the grass to my feet; the fresh shoots of snowdrop and daffodil braving the frost and ice; the murmuring of branch and leaf although, at this […]
Bright Enough
bright enough to write a poem the cold moon Jane Reichhold ice is invisible ink frosting haiku in the trees Kim M. Russell, 3rd February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1598 Tan Renga Challenge Month […]
Sunflowers
brightest chrome yellow petals spatter the canvas still-life sunflowers Kim M. Russell, 3rd February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #70 The Quest for a New Masterpiece continues … sunflower In the first weekend meditation of February, our challenge is an episode of ‘Quest for a New Masterpiece’ on the theme of ‘sunflower’.
The Point of Return
pristine pages of possibility flutter out the window into the sky fragile words on wings of air hovering ready to fall […]
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