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 […]
Signs
if you lose your way, consult the sky above you: by day, track the sun; at night, trust in the atlas of shiny constellations Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1126 depend on yourself In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has explained further about the connections between the Road to […]
Whisper of Weather
Fog obscures the path, Whispering smoke Among naked trees, Drawing everything Into its grey embrace. Dogs and walkers loom, Then fade and disappear Into its muffled eeriness. I walk on and brush away The damp and chilly trace Of foggy fingers from my face. Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image by David Russell My response to dVerse […]
Mortality
again and again grief taps me on the shoulder gentle reminder Kim M. Russell, 2017
Through the Monastic Garden
Trudging the path between the yew trees, Those harbingers of death and sorrow, Monks’ bare feet crush the dross of berries, Poisonous, red froth between their toes. Psittacism of holy mantras Below the prickle of green branches Drowns out the twittering of sparrows, The songs of blackbird, thrush and finches. The dull clapper of the […]
New Life
a speckled blue egg within the fragile membrane song of a new thrush Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on bbc.co.uk Second 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 […]
The Tarot Crossroad
herbal incense cloud invokes the sorcerer’s muse which road should he choose until he can discover the secret of the diamonds? Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1125 The Road to Santiago is part of the Tarot. Today, Chèvrefeuille has told us about the connection between the Road to Santiago and the […]
A Breath of Spring
delicate beauty embellishing tree and verge fragrant breath of spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My first response to 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 […]
Eyes Wide Open
At five o’clock, the moon’s face Peered into my window, Suspended in the space Between the branches of the willow, Pregnant with poetry. At six, I blindly tip-toed down the shadow Of the stairs, carefully Cradling my lunar embryo, Crooning a lullaby, a celestial tune To soothe the baby moon. At dawn, the poem was […]
Suspended
the road winds ahead below an insipid sky gulls ghost on the wind we are suspended in time waiting for the green of spring Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1124 time Today Chèvrefeuille is challenging us (again) with the prompt ‘time’, which we have seen several times before, but we are […]
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