higher plain awaits beyond the body’s boundaries sweet meditation with each breath another step to the mountain’s snowy peak Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Etsy My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #26 meditation Today our prompt is ‘meditation’ and Chèvrefeuille has shared a few haiku and a tanka to inspire us: dervishes […]
Drawing the Heat of Embers
a piece of charcoal in the hand of an artist can perform magic sketches of a charcoal fire thaw the cold heart of winter Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor 25th Teika’s 9th Tanka Writing Technique “Exquisite Detail” (prompt: charcoal) Today Chèvrefeuille has presented Teika’s 9th […]
Black Earth
in the cold black earth bones sleep for eternity without blossoming full to bursting with new life bulbs await warm touch of spring Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #24 Black Earth In this episode, Chèvrefeuille has given us a bit of a strange prompt, ‘black […]
White Silence
bridging a lonely road rainbow of water and fog renders us speechless Kim M. Russell, 2016 My eleventh haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Subjugation
In the spring of 1940, in the season of renewal and birth, twenty two thousand men gasped their last defiant breath as bullets exploded in their heads. Now, frozen in bronze, the Katyn Pieta kneels before the powerful wings and sword of the Angel of Death, cradling one of the fallen dead. There’s a hole […]
Horse Whispering
dismissing a cloud of urgent flies with tall flick and a twitching ear beating heart of rib-caged fear is broken with a whisper Kim M. Russell, 2016 Summer North Wind – Cutting Boards Tempered Glass Another response to imaginary garden with real toads Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – Carol Law Conklin Batik Artist In this […]
Garden Guests
Dawn quietude is rippling with the ecstatic chortling of birds, some overjoyed that last year’s nest survived the winter, others splatting mud and leaves, building new nests in trees and under eaves in a frenetic festival of spring. By July, nests have exploded, their broods unloaded into the summer sky, without a goodbye they are […]
The Silence of Space
a dense fog of stars, planets, gas and dust fizzes silently in space Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Just Space space | Tumblr My tenth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
A Strident Crow
a raggedy crow gargoyle hunched on a bare branch shreds clouds with its caw watches with a shiny eye threads tangle in autumn sky © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #23 crows For today’s prompt Chèvrefeuille has brought us ‘crows’ and the famous crow haiku by […]
After the Storm
north wind has died down rain no longer drums on roofs just silent puddles © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pixabay My ninth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
writing in north norfolk 