I’m delighted that I have another ekphrastic poem in Volume 5, Chapter 8 of the Visual Verse Anthology. You can find it on page 16 or you can follow the link to ‘Eyes Shut and Golden‘.
Hana Tachibana
white-gloved petal hand orange scent of abundance a wave and it’s gone Kim M. Russell, 4th June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1446 mandarin orange blossoms (hana tachibana) Today’s classical kigo prompt is ‘mandarin orange blossoms’.
Homeless
She hobbles over cobbles, oblivious to the flash of gold-finches in the branches of dusty urban trees. They tinkle as they gather round dandelion puffs to eat seeds, collect fluff for their cobbled-together nests, while she’s still looking for a night-time place to rest. Kim M. Russell, 4th May 2018 My response to dVerse Poets […]
Cool
under the willow grass tickling between bare toes leaf shadows dance Kim M. Russell, 4th June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1445 cooling on the porch (hashi-i) It’s June and we are exploring classical kigo of summer (and winter). Today’s classical kigo is ‘cooling on the porch’ (hashi-i). We have a front porch, an […]
Summer Solstice
sun-dappled mountains dog-day dancing in the stream a crystal rainbow sun-dappled mountains fluttering leaves filter heat a refreshing breeze dog-day dancing in the stream between dusty feet a shimmering fish a crystal rainbow reflections in the water interplay of light Kim M. Russell, 3rd June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #35 Troiku […]
Refulgent
The sky is blasted with dragonish clouds that blacken an ancient wind-blustered landscape long ago weathered into ridge and furrow, dissolving the veil between human and nature, between yesterday and tomorrow. Murmurations of thunderheads gather, unearthly shapes shifting across the gorge where the sun god tempers day in his fiery forge; an alchemist, he chants […]
Under the Eye of the Clock
Springtime in Paris is here again and all along the banks of the Seine artists are unpacking chalks and oils, canvases, water colours, and easels, ignored by preoccupied passers-by and unaware of the all-seeing eye of the Académie Française clock. Above every one of its ticks and tocks, it’s listening for foreign impurity on the […]
mugi no aki
barley ears listen lapwings sing of golden fields a splash of poppies Kim M. Russell, 1st June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1444 barley autumn (mugi no aki) Throughout June our inspiration will be classical seasonwords (kigo) for Summer (and Winter) and we’ll be following the classical rules. The reason we will be writing […]
It started with a raindrop…
from a cloud landing in mud. Within hours, shallow streams meander and bubble between banks of flowers burning above the flourishing flood. It gushes on, a convulsive weir, a torrent of energy trying to get back to where it was. The heat of the sun draws it up to a cloud and it becomes once […]
El Condor Pasa
pan pipe music soars over the peaks of mountains a condor flying Kim M. Russell, 30th May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1443 Music to close our journey In the last episode of May, our inspiration is music from the Andean Mountains, called ‘El Condor Pasa’, played on the pan pipes.
