the music of souls echoing in daily life whispers of jaw harps Kim M. Russell, 8th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1492 Ainu, the Japanese from the North Today we are visiting the ancient Ainu, a Japanese people from northern Japan. The oral Ainu culture includes various genres, including upopo, lighthearted ballads on […]
Kabyle
in the village square voices and bagpipes unite taste of harissa Kim M. Russell, 7th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1491 Kabyle, the music of Algerian Berbers Today, on our quest for folk music, we are will visiting a region in Algeria known as Kabyle, the land of the Berbers. Kabyle is not […]
Such a Fragrance
blossoms at their peak the mountain the same as always at daybreak the sky ribboned with pink clouds […]
Finding the Way Day 24
ebbing and flowing each wave has its own ripple marine enigma Kim M. Russell, 7th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a daily haiku […]
Hiroshima Spores
I wasn’t alive in August 1945 – I arrived eleven years and a day after Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. I knew nothing of the horrors of those atomic bombs until I saw ‘The Bomb’, Episode 24 of ’The World at War’, a documentary series I watched with my father and, more recently, with […]
Mystical song of the Sami
reindeer and snowflakes dancing in the Northern Lights language of the stars Kim M. Russell, 6th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1490 Joik, the mystical song of the Sami On our August journey around the world to discover all kinds of folk music, we have already visited Italy, Portugal and Turkey; today we […]
Finding the Way Day 23
finding their way earthbound souls take flight and rise death has no season Kim M. Russell, 6th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a […]
Chrysanthemum and Geese
white bloom in the sky carved by geese calligraphy chrysanthemum moon white bloom in the sky undisturbed by drifting clouds mirrored in a pond carved by geese calligraphy scribbles in the sky a silver message chrysanthemum moon petals ruffled by a breeze a drifting feather Kim M. Russell, 5th August 2018 My response to Carpe […]
Ash Blooms
He extinguished his cigarette in her unfinished glass of gin – the ash rose to the surface, broke the meniscus and bloomed into grey flowers that reeked of tobacco. She paid the waitress and walked out of the door, leaving him with the smoky bouquet. Kim M. Russell, 5th August 2018 My response to Imaginary […]
Finding the Way Day 22
an open gate pointillist blooms lead the way up the garden path Kim M. Russell, 5th August 2018 My daily response to Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018 Finding the Way At Carpe Diem, it’s time again for the traditional seasonal retreat: a period of 30 days in which the goal is to write a daily […]
writing in north norfolk 