river serenades overhanging summer trees on strains of a breeze Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1084 Serenade (Schubert) Chèvrefeuille says that a beautiful haiku or tanka, or a beautiful piece of music can bring him to tears but also to big smiles. A haiku he wrote recently that brought him to […]
Silent Years
an old photograph passing seasons of silence fading with your face Kim M. Russell, 2016 My nineteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
The Future and the Fourth Dimension
I shall be setting my watch and all the clocks to space time, the fourth dimension and time dilation, so I will be able to stretch it out into infinity and beyond: lightyears of exploration, sitting in my tin can with Poe, Wells and Major Tom. They say the future is just around the corner: I […]
An Air of Bach
chilly sky lightens notes rise and fall, swell and fade morning melody Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1083 Air (Bach) In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has shared ‘Air’, a piece of music by one of his favourite composers, J.S. Bach, as well as information about the composer. heavenly music birds praising their […]
Silence of the Light Bulb
electric light bulb a halo of noisy light – someone flicks the switch Kim M. Russell, 2016 My eighteenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Goose Music
Chain-stitching a rosy sunset, geese arrive in a cloud of fieldfares and redwings, a blizzard of snow buntings blown north to south. There’s an explosion of wings, no soaring, no gliding, just metronomic beating and a goose symphony of honks and whistles. The water ripples, in a shower of drops they rise and fade Into […]
Raindrops and Music
an open window they drip from my umbrella preludes and raindrops Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1082 Raindrops (Chopin) December 2016 is all about letting the music inspire us. In this first episode, Chèvrefeuille hopes to inspire us with a beautiful piece of music by Chopin, about whom he has given us […]
Blank Silence
a blank page or screen anticipates poetry words break the silence Kim M. Russell, 2016 Fountain pen wallpaper found on www.leighreyes.com My seventeenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Making Tracks
chill winds gust and blow wrong types of leaves on the tracks – autumn waves goodbye Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.hdnicewallpapers.com My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, November 30th 2016, departure Today is November 30th, the last day of this month, which can also be considered the last day of autumn, […]
Chairoplane
Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image by Sara Shakeel My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #141
writing in north norfolk 