I’m delighted that I have another ekphrastic poem in Volume 5, Chapter 7 of the Visual Verse Anthology. You can find it on page 11 or you can follow the link to ‘Clean Hands and Clean Feet‘.
Frida’s Reality
“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Frida Kahlo Mexican heat invades each night, pervades the frangible seams and transmutes dreams to nightmares, thickly oiling the barren landscape vivid, livid with pain. Morning arrives again with the promise of reality, a canvas to daub with certainty self-portraits of her truth. Kim M. Russell, […]
First Love
shy exchange of smiles fluttering of butterflies gently touching hands Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Romancing Haiku #3 first love The goal of this special feature is to create love-haiku about first love.
Mount Fuji Clouds
weather forecasting first snow or refreshing rain clouds dance with moonbeams Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Crossroads #8 The First Snow (Kanajo) We have a new episode of the special CDHK feature ‘Crossroads’ in which our challenge is to create a new (fusion) haiku from two given haiku. This […]
Lima
breathing history in the dust of the city conquerors’ footsteps Kim M. Russell, 3rd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1424 Lima Our journey through the Andean Mountains has started and today we arrive in Lima, capital of Peru.
Spring Barter
Spring stalled in her tracks, silencing birds, wasting late-flowering catkins and shrivelling bramble leaves. As she bartered for a little […]
Leaving Callao
metal on metal flashing in the morning sun ready to depart Kim M. Russell, 2nd May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1423 Callao … the journey begins Chèvrefeuille reminds us that this month we are travelling through the Andean Mountains by train, starting at the port city of Callao. He tells us that Callao was […]
Getting Wild with Crows
I want to strut with crows, stomp and kick the rows of neatly turned furrows in a field freshly harrowed. I want to scribble and scrawl on geometric shapes with crayons of ploughed-brown, corn-green and yellow oil-seed rape. Bring on the vivid hues so we can fly among the blues and splash inky shadows on […]
The Andes
snowy peaks kiss sky whisper secrets to the sun majestic mountains Kim M. Russell, 1st May 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1422 Journey Into The High Mountains Of The Andes In the first episode of a new month of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, in which we set off on a journey into the high […]
Walking with Jasper
I used to love walking with our dog, Jasper. He was a cross-breed Jack Russell and the funniest, most inquisitive dog I’ve ever known. He died on 10th March ten years ago. He was my reason for walking three times a day: in the morning before work, again in the afternoon, and a short walk […]
