joyful celebration announced with drums and trumpets pure jubilation ascends on wings of voices Christmas Oratorio Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1105 Christmas Oratorio: Cantata #1 BWV 248 – Mov. 1/9 by J.S. Bach It’s Christmas Eve and Chèvrefeuille has chosen a piece of music by J.S. Bach, the complete version […]
Untitled (Last Piece of the Ocean)
each ripple is a piece of jigsaw shapes that sea and saw to infinity and beyond pieced together in a pond swimming pool lake or river warm as blood or cold as a shiver interlocking seahorse rocking seashell washing beach-crashing a wavy motion casting away the last piece of the ocean Kim M. Russell, 2016 […]
Christmas Comet
When the comet hit, the town lit up like a Christmas tree. In the darkest hours of morning, there was no one there to see – just a lonely street sweeper, his eyes like slits, too tired to blink. The whole town was asleep, dreaming of better times, of snowflakes and presents under a tree. […]
A Choir of Birds
peaceful choir of birds a multitude of species singing together Kim M. Russell, 2016 Concert Of Birds by Frans Snijders – image found on fineartamerica.com My response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2016 #6 meditation Today Chèvrefeuille is reflecting on peace and the pain of the recent terror attack in Berlin. He says that […]
I’ve heard that song before
midnight boulevard tango drifting from the bar locked in an embrace Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1104 Libertango by Sofia Gubaidulina In this episode, the composer is a Russian one and her name is Sofia Gubaidulina and the piece of music is her arrangement of Astor Piazzola’s Libertango for piano and […]
Adorable
They named you Casper, friendly little ghost discovered off the Hawaiian coast, hula dancing and egg laying among the stems of dead sponges manganese-anchored to the muddy ocean floor, which you colonise and clean, digging among minerals. How could you know how valuable and dangerous your high-tech metal farm could be, so remarkably deep under […]
Birth of an Ice Cloud
Ice clouds are born as crystals created from water vapour attracted to individual small atmospheric particles: a microbe or volcanic ash, pehaps. The process known as ice nucleation is the formation of wispy cirrus clouds that hang where temperatures are low and humidity is high in an otherwise clear sky. Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image […]
A Foggy Christmas Eve
On the eve of Christmas, fog and darkness clotted, carriage horses plodded, following disembodied flares down narrow streets. On the eve of Christmas, ancient church bells muttered as first snowflakes fluttered, and invisibly stuttered out the hours in muffled beats. On the eve of Christmas, with baubles and overpriced dolls, drums and sugar mice bright […]
Candle Symphony
symphony of flames flickering in the darkness drips of molten wax leave bright splashes of colour and the fragrance of Christmas Kim M. Russell, 2016 Imgae found on YouTube My response to Carpe Diem Seven Days Before Christmas 2016 #5 candles Chèvrefeuille has chosen candles as our prompt today; he says that they are the […]
Eagle in Snow
in winter mountains copper wings flash against snow a soaring eagle Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on wallpaperscraft.com My response to Carpe Diem #1103 Symphony in F sharp minor Op. 41 by Dora Pejacevic Today we have a composition by Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923) to inspire us: Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 (1918)
