early morning frost sketching cobwebs and snail trails with a silver touch Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, December 14th 2016, Mixing It Up, a Haiku Writing Techniques In this new episode, Chèvrefeuille has introduced a haiku writing technique and challenged us to use it. […]
Rock Sculpture
unblinking eye in a grey socket of rock sculpted by water Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #9 Naked Rock (AHA-poetry 2013) For this Universal Jane episode Chèvrefeuille has shared a few haiku from Jane’s book Naked Rock (2013) to inspire us, as well as two […]
Mantra
percussion the kiss of wood and metal musical mantra Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1095 Six Japanese Gardens by Kaija Saariaho Today Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer I have never heard of, and her ‘Six Japanese Gardens’. He has also shared one of his own haiku […]
Death of a Star
brightest cosmic flash soundless explosion in space death throes of a star Kim M. Russell, 2016 My thirtieth and final haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Waiting for No One
They say time waits for no one, moving on, a tractor along a furrow, turning dark soil like broken chocolate into tomorrow, rattling through the season. We, like seagulls, follow, grey-headed envoys in the air, cursing the changing atmosphere. Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/gulls,tractor/Interesting My response to dverse Poets Pub Tuesday’s Poetics – It’s […]
Edelweiss
He captured her heart with his ludic smile that shone like a lantern. He cursed her heart, flambéed in edelweiss, until it crumbled in his hands. He tossed her heart, the irrevocable ashes, birdseed descendent on winter wind. Now he has no heart, looks askance at birds and friendly scarecrows, gnashing his alcohol-rotten teeth. Kim […]
A Poem Comes to Life
The white bones of a poem long for words, flesh of their existence. Wily words prick, leaving indelible tattoos on the poet’s soul, squirming onto a page, punctuated with Rorschach blots. The poet splits into three: artist, scribe and critic talk among themselves. Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads: The […]
Romantic Counterpoint
gentle and tender a romantic counterpoint of darkness and light melodious piano tied up with seductive strings Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1094 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano Op. 17 Allegro Moderato by Clara Schumann Today Chèvrefeuille has shared a beautiful composition by Clara Schumann (1819-1896) and one of his […]
Surprise
My husband is excellent at planning surprises. Among many others, he planned and organised a birthday party on a boat on the Norfolk Broads with family and friends and a two-night stay in Cambridge, all without me having an inkling of what he was up to. But the most wonderful night I remember was on […]
Music of Montmartre
above the rooftops, ever-present Sacre Coeur – in a midnight bar bohemians sip absinthe and talk art over coffee Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1093 Concertino pour harpe et piano by Germaine Tailleferre. I am grateful to Chèvrefeuille for introducing me to a female composer I have […]
