many memories traced in the lines on his face revealed in his smile Kim M. Russell, 2017 The portrait I found on Pinterest uses only half of a man’s face to tell a story. My response to Carpe Diem Time Travel #5 This week’s ‘weekend-meditation’ is an episode of Carpe Diem’s Time Travel, Ancient Japanese […]
The Shadiness of Willows
In the glaucous state of becoming, she recalled the words she was singing in her dream: ‘Willow weep for me’. Her hair was delicate branches, her thoughts rain-scented leaves. She had been warned not to cry beneath a willow. Now it clasped her in an everlasting embrace and the grooves in its trunk traced the lines […]
Departure #16
Passchendaele poppies blood-red on the battlefield dearly departed Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on telegraph.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure” Written for the 100th anniversary of The Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 Jul 1917 – 10 Nov 1917
Departure #15
smell of old flowers forgotten lives evanesce as the soul departs Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Quixotic Giant
Obsessed with windmills feet planted in earth head in the clouds a quixotic birth with a love of sails in a flat county sunset never fails […]
Departure #14
a haiku departs sweet seepage through bone and skin written on the heart Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Starshine
The right to twinkle didn’t belong to Marilyn alone, but every star in the dark empyrean dome: the glints, star- dust and the supernovas; stars that dazzle until they fizzle out; and those that hang on to the past, hoping they will last for ever. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Today Gayle is hosting dVerse Poets […]
Wakeful
First flush of morning percolates through crepuscular dreams, lays first thoughts behind sleep-encrusted lids. Words hatch and squirm, caterpillars to feed the hungry birds of creativity. No point in wrestling with the behe- moths that eat holes in the rags of night, let in first light. It’s time to write. Kim M. Russell, 2017 ‘Dance […]
Departure #13
departure lounges holding rooms for travellers desperate to fly Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on dailymail.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Autumn Retreat 2017 “departure”
Waiting for Autumn
anticipation – a flock of swans’ beating wings foreshadows changes sunset-hued flowers herald the glow of autumnal earth Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1227 waiting for autumn (Aki tikashi, Aki wo matsu) Our classical prompt for today, ‘waiting for autumn’ (Aki tikashi, Aki wo matsu), is taken from the Kiyose, a […]
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