a simple lesson the innocence of nature chattering parrot Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1344 The Story of the Husband and the Parrot Scheherazade’s story for today is about the husband and the parrot, another one I haven’t heard of. This prompt was a challenge!
The Sound of Silence
the frozen river ebbs and flows with the wolf moon a silent heartbeat Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem’s The Sound of Silence #1 introduction Our new feature at CDHK was inspired by an article in a mindfulness magazine, entitled ‘Inner Stillness’, which began with a quote from the Persian poet Rumi: […]
Winter Thistle
Light as down, you floated a while, gradually fading, your smile a mere flicker. Your papery hands slipped through my fingers. Your breath dropped like wind and I, your thistle seed, caught here in earth’s embrace, watched as winter blasted you out of the atmosphere. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to dVerse Poets Pub […]
What the Doctor Ordered
pillowed in grey cloud morning waits for its tonic small ray of sunshine Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1343 The Story of the Greek King and the physician Douban Today our story from the Arabian Nights is about healing.
Winter Moon
When we lived only yards from a beach, we took many late night walks with our Jack Russell cross terrier in all kinds of weather. The wind on the North Norfolk coast is a force to reckon with, together with the mounds of sand that drag your feet. Jasper, our dog, loved the flatness of […]
Fishing for Wishes
in patched-up sampans fishermen reel in wishes warm sun on their backs Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1342 The Story of the Fisherman In a new episode of CDHK, Scheherazade tells the story of the fisherman and saves her life for another day.
Mourning
January frost petals freezing one by one brittle tears of ice Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend-meditation #14 Revise That Haiku This weekend our challenge is to ‘revise that haiku’: re-create or revise a given haiku by a classical haiku poet, to which Chèvrefeuille has given us the background story. This […]
Suddenly a Jay
A dreary winter morning metamorphoses with the fell swoop of a jay, a flash of cobalt among damp fox-brush bracken and berries lit up like Christmas lights left hanging long past Twelfth Night. The garden seethes with moisture but a chink of peachy sunshine spreads its wings and smiles on this January Sunday. Kim M. […]
Queen of Fireflies
The flames in her eyes gradually die; small fires still burn in the ice, the diamonds in her crown. Cold comfort for a firefly. Kim M. Russell, 2018 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Camera FLASH! Kerry says it’s time to strike a pose again with the photographic challenge for January, which comes […]
Window
The window is closed and all the scents of summer are trapped behind its pane. No bee’s buzz can penetrate the glass, no refreshing breeze can pass to relieve me of the pain of winter chill. But in the window of my mind, I can still see the shadow-play of roses and leaves on the […]
