drifting fungus spores carried by an autumn breeze rust on fallen leaves Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Fluid
heat intensity dispersing and forging glass in an artist’s mind Kim M. Russell, 2017 glass sculpture by R. Loy My response to Carpe Diem #1230 glass sculpture (R.Loy, The Netherlands) Our visual prompt for today’s episode on ‘modern art’ is a prize won by Chèvrefeuille in 1998. He says that you can see all kinds […]
Departure #19
an empty boathouse freshly painted fishing craft autumn waves await Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image by Hiroshhi Yoshida found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Melting
In August nineteen forty two, amid alpine meadow scent and below skies of glacier blue, Francine and Marcelin, set off on foot to feed their herd. They never returned. Decades of searching melted to an end, revealing backpacks, stopped watch, tin bowls, a glass bottle, shoes still encased in ice, bodies side by side. As […]
Interplay
life in the balance masculine and feminine breathing energy Kim M. Russell, 2017 Yin Yang by Joel Shapses My response to Carpe Diem #1229 Yin & Yang Chèvrefeuille welcomes us to the first episode of a new month of prompts with a new theme: modern art, which includes artistic work produced from the 1860s to […]
Departure #18
a russet storm blows raining crab apples and twigs winter is waiting Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Waking up to Fear
Wind-buffeted morning shadows hunt silhouettes on back-swept wings. Blood, bone and muscle fit like gloves containing consciousness and fetid fearfulness. Everything breaks and dies. We fear the unexpectedness of death, a slow verb about to spring into action one unknown day, never far away. Kim M. Russell, 2017 The Kiss of Death located at Barcelona’s […]
Sugar Rush of Imagination
In foolish figments, the wild willowwacks of child- hood, I am myrmidon to my master chocolate. My stash is hidden in entangled tree trunks; knots and holes encircle glints of wrapper and my dark greed, the eccentric need for sugar that makes me jump when Mother discovers crumbs and smears on the bedclothes. Kim M. […]
Departure #17
on the motorway in the slipstream of traffic holiday’s over Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on highwaysindustry.com My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Summer Sunset
summer silence sifts in an iridescent sky settling in sunset Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1228 sunset (CD Imagination) In the final episode of a month in which we have explored several kigo for summer, classical and non-classical, our last prompt is ‘sunset’.
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