When I’m safely cuddled up on a grown-up’s lap, I listen to the secret words that they often whisper in case a wicked witch is near, in the dark where she can hear. Words like once upon a time or the chorus of a nursery rhyme carry me off to other lands, to fairy wings […]
In the Mountains
somewhere on the road pinch of boots and holes in socks smell of stale sandals refreshed by a mountain breeze footsore pilgrims stumble on Kim M. Russell, 2017 Somewhere along the Road to Santiago My response to Carpe Diem #1128 Imagine the Road to Santiago Today, Chèvrefeuille is inspiring us with only an image taken […]
Rare Flower
such a rare flower plucked and blown by summer wind floating on haiku Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem honours Jane Reichhold (1937-2016) A.) already red As promised, Chèvrefeuille is honouring Jane Reichhold with a special theme week for her 80th birthday. He has shared some of her winter haiku: swollen the amaryllis […]
Fragile Sunrise
traces of pink cloud in metallic morning sky sunrise dissolving Kim M. Russell, 2017 Photograph by David Russell Fifth day of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and one in winter. This year he has planned four […]
Penitence
sorrow and regret pebbles under weary feet road of penitence Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1127 penitence Chèvrefeuille tells us that the Road to Santiago has secrets but along the way we can find wonderful villages, cities and beautiful places like churches and cloisters. Somewhere along the Road to Santiago we […]
Emerging
sweetest of spring songs lilts from the depth of winter fragile early thrush Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on www.rspb.org.uk Fourth day of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and one in winter. This year he […]
Weaving
A weaver, when she has prepared her loom, Lifts and depresses threads using a comb, A rigid heddle to help create a gap And stop the cloth collapsing in her lap. She knots and loops a rainbow of design With different wools and silks, both thick and fine, Depending on the outcome of it all: […]
Bluster
Spring arrives in starts and stops, a dripping tap melting winter, forming puddles, filling rivers. In the monochrome of dawn and dusk, silhouettes drip and drop, ink drawings sliding off umbrellas as a sudden blustery wind turns treetops into a roaring sea. Kim M. Russell, 2017 – Anja Bührer My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo […]
Menopause with Knobs On
Once, my black dorsal broke through undulations, glistening with the ocean. Descendants and life bask behind me, a one hundred year old granny, five tons – plenty of blubber. I gave birth to my last calf in my thirties, now there are only females and I count barnacles, an awkward Orca surfing night sweats, beached […]
Spring is on its Way
gardens are studded with the buds of next summer and snowdrops flower Kim M. Russell, 2017 Third day of Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2017 fragile beauty Chèvrefeuille has welcomed us to the Spring Retreat 2017. Last year we had two retreats: one in summer and one in winter. This year he has planned four retreats following […]
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