We are enlivened to the core as we stroll across the moor: hills transform into mountains; wintry waste is hemmed by trees and stones; branches shiver with icicles and frost that chill us to our very bones. Anaemic sun fails to warm us and underfoot the earth is hard as iron, despite promises of early […]
A Glint of Sunshine
Stark winter branches relinquish their last few strips of faded foliage. They twirl, fall and slip between misty mornings and afternoons, land in muddy folds of rotten detritus and sodden grass, where a ragged dandelion beams among the grey and green. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Writing Exercise […]
Broken
winter mirror bleeds jagged rusty reflections asymmetric lies Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1331 mirror In a new episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, we are being inspired by another quote from a novel by Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone: “The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it […]
Christmas Story
following the star every year the story’s told a celebration Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #4 The Christmas Story
Sweet Fruit
old plum’s roots are firm even in the late spring snow loyal fruit is sweet Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1330 loyalty Today our prompt is a quote from Manuscript Found in Accra, which Chèvrefeuille describes as a novel full of wisdom and spirituality, very similar to Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: […]
A White Christmas Dawns
the white silence breaks shooting stars tear winter skies icicles shatter kiss of fresh snowflakes on ice distant echo of sleigh bells Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #3 White Christmas Today is the third episode of the CDHK special feature in which we are counting down […]
Art
Born of hopes and dreams, roped to its creator by words, sounds, paint, clay or stone, each oeuvre becomes tactile blood, skin and bone. It exposes both the soul and heart – a demanding offspring, art. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #193 Also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads […]
Phoenix
the fire of passion rising from earthly ashes phoenix flower flames Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1329 rebirth Today’s quote is: “The ashes of the dead … will become the plants that are reborn in the spring.” (Source: The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho)
Mistletoe
mistletoe embrace below frosty glitter balls berries and kisses Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2017 #2 everlasting love In the countdown to Christmas, today’s prompt is ‘everlasting love’, what Chèvrefeuille calls sacred energy.
Along the Road
road’s flanked by poplars a tremulous whispering secrets on the breeze Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1328 Along the Road Today we have a quote from Paulo Coelho’s The Pilgrimage: “I began to talk to everything along the Road: tree trunks, puddles, fallen leaves and beautiful vines. It was an exercise […]
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