in vacant windows no chintzy drapes or roses just my reflection staring back from the darkness or a ghostly resident Kim M. Russell, 27th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1554 Haunted Houses (modern kigo) Today’s modern kigo, ‘haunted houses’, has been taken from Jane Reichhold’s Dictionary of Haiku, from the section autumn and […]
Field Fire
stubble still crackles burnt fields quiver their dry voices whisper in devastation’s backwind blackened trees shiver letting fly blackened bark and leaves – a whirlwind of charcoal and dust Kim M. Russell, 26th November 2018 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Fire up that Creativity, also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday […]
Waving
carried on the wind pampas grass and summer birds waving our goodbyes carried on the wind from tops of snowy mountains chilled scent of winter pampas grass and summer birds become memories feathery plumes waving our goodbyes until the cherries blossom long dark days ahead Kim M. Russell, 27th November 2018 My response to […]
Waiting
I am waiting for the rain to stop. When it does, I will pull on wellies, shrug on a well-worn waterproof jacket and wrap a woollen scarf around my neck, ready for a walk in the woods. Raindrops trickle down the window pane in a race against time. I am waiting for the rain to […]
On the Road to Winter
such glamour of leaves a blaze of gold and copper heading down the road Kim M. Russell, 26th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1552 autumn colours along the highway (CD Imagination) It’s the final week of Carpe Diem’s month of autumn celebration and today we have an image for inspiration, which was taken […]
Almost Home
Yesterday I returned from a visit to my daughter. We celebrated her birthday and I babysat my grandson when her husband took her out for a meal. It was only for a few days but, while the journey there went smoothly and took only a couple of hours, the return took much longer than expected. […]
Waiting for Rain
As I walk among the willows, following the dried-up brook, I stumble on its hidden hollows, pebble beds and twisting roots, and brittle leaves crunch underfoot. Autumn leaves, a beetles feast, release a sweet scent of decay: pollen, dust and shrivelled weeds waiting for the autumn rain to come and flush them out again. Kim […]
seizing day night moon stars cloud
with the arrival of frosts and rains a wintry light smears the sky I crunch leaves defiantly underfoot and breathe in pungent decay in daring to live I’m learning to die leafless oaks mock me, feigning death, and haws […]
Embers
once we spent all day in bed exploring without maps deep diving and emerging to kindle more desires lighting forest fires now we warm our hands on the embers of our fading skin basking in the afterglow Kim M. Russell, 20th November 2018 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Tuesday Poetics: Desire and Sexuality in […]
Orchids in Autumn
while outside leaves drift orchids bloom in the kitchen blush on a grey day Kim M. Russell, 20th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1548 orchids (ran) (classical kigo) Today we have a classical kigo for autumn to work with: ‘orchid’ (ran). We also have a haiku by Buson on Ran, written in 1777: […]
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