intoxicated cosmos swirls in late night wine staggering with stars Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1324 carried away by the night Today we have a quote Paulo Coelho’s novel Adultery: “Let yourself get carried away by the night from time to time. Look up at the stars and try to get […]
Remembrance
I haven’t been out in the garden much since early autumn and recently I was too ill to even think about it. On Tuesday I gazed out at the last flakes of rusting leaves and a leaden sky. I watched Luna, our black and white cat, meld into the shadows; marvelled at the gold and […]
Sangfroid
clouds of frosty breath etch silver haiku on leaves icy serenity Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1323 serenity In a new episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the Paul Coelho quote has been taken from his novel The Witch of Portobello: “Naturally, if she respected the brush that she used, she […]
Winter Time
hard frost glitters white blankets cover frozen earth icicles ring in crow-black trees and snowflakes intertwine in a gentle minuet Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation #10 Fibo-ku winter time In this weekend’s new meditation, our challenge is a special kind of haiku, introduced a few years ago here at CDHK […]
Blowing his Own Trumpet
Pinocchio’s truthful nose swells and grows with lies but his eyes sink and skies grow black no way back now hijack fake news Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Fussy Little Forms: Than Bauk Marian has given us a big challenge with another fussy little form, the Burmese THAN […]
Cyborg Skin – a poem in Visual Verse
Another poem has been included in the December issue, Vol. 5, Chapter 2 of the online Visual Verse anthology. You can find my poem on page 22 or you can link directly to the poem, entitled ‘Cyborg Skin’.
Follow the Dream
serendipitous dreams start with small emotions distant horizons Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1322 follow the dream Today’s inspirational Coelho quote is from Aleph: “I am not a foreigner because I haven’t been praying to return safely home, I haven’t wasted my time imagining my house, my desk, my side of […]
Giant Shoes
Bits of twig and uprooted willows tangle in hollow bank-side shadows haunted by a mist of winter gnats. Hoar frost sparkles on the slats of rowing boats and canoes, abandoned like a giant’s shoes, the kind you find at the side of a road, dumped without its pair. Bubbles implode in the eddy of a […]
A Sea Witch’s Song
Beach your beauty on the back of storms and bind your spells, pulsating northern lights. You offer songs to the night but are drawn by siren stars. Lured off course without navigation, you fight waves of mass ejection and collide with the shore, exposed to the cosmos: foamy flukes glint in starlight, your songs echo […]
Winter Miracle
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on days white with snow we become children again catching flakes on tongues Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1321 miracles In a new episode the quote to inspire us has been taken from Paulo Coelho’s novel The Zahir: “The great…
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