over the wintry forest winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow Natsume Soseki storm-tattered trees bend and crack birds tremble on bare branches Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge Chained Together III winds howl […]
Morning Sun
morning sun the twinkle of stars still in the dew Jane Reichhold tiny prisms form on leaves each one contains a rainbow Kim M. Russell, 2nd September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge […]
First Gleam of Light
stars and planets fade in first gleam of morning light I know I’m alive Kim M. Russell, 2nd September 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #48 Tagore’s Gitanjali This is the first Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation of September 2018 and, as meteorological autumn starts this weekend, we have a new logo for the […]
Shell
it coils around a spiral illuminated with a mother of pearl shimmer a vertiginous seduction into the sea’s ear cast away like an ech- o Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Weekend Mini Challenge: Camera FLASH! also linked to Poets United Poetry Pantry Kerry says that this […]
Carnival in Venice
gondoliers echo among the bridges and sighs colour and romance Kim M. Russell, 31st August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1509 Back to where we started … Italy Today is the final episode of our quest for folk music around the world and our journey ends in Italy.
Sounds of Water
The quacking and chuckling of ducks and ducklings leads to the meadow, among the stones and grasses just where the gurgling river passes in its sinuous windings. Rapid water purls, not just between the banks but into ponds and ditches, fields and streams, and the convulsive weir pool where I stop to dream and breathe […]
let’s get away…
to an archipelago that dips low and green in the silken blue of the sea let’s wander along cliffs that fall sheer and grey down into a bay where granite sand glints between stones seashells and bleached fish bones let’s build a castle on a deserted beach with a moat that only waves can breach […]
Easter Island
stone heads and conch shells reverberate with music stories of the past Kim M. Russell, 30th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1508 Easter Island’s music of the Rapa Nui In the penultimate episode of our quest for folk music, we have landed on Easter Island, the Polynesian island with hundreds of stone heads […]
What if…
words gradually disappeared erased from the paper of memory the sun and moon lost their shine flowers their scent there was no taste of honey there were no colours no abstract noun for the feeling I get when you smile at me there was no name to call out from the depths of a night- […]
Faroe Islands
catch of ocean’s breath above the rumble of rocks a flotilla of puffins Kim M. Russell, 29th August 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1507 Folk music of the Faroe Islands The next stop on our journey around the world on a quest for folk music is the Faroe Islands.
