barley ears listen lapwings sing of golden fields a splash of poppies Kim M. Russell, 1st June 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1444 barley autumn (mugi no aki) Throughout June our inspiration will be classical seasonwords (kigo) for Summer (and Winter) and we’ll be following the classical rules. The reason we will be writing […]
Tag: Autumn
Last Colours of Autumn
weak sun filters through unfolds dull skirts of winter faded foliage Kim M. Russell, 2017 My twenty-sixth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Last Birds of Autumn
birds disturbed by gales twitters in the woody copse flash of leaves and wings Kim M. Russell, 2017 My eleventh response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Painting the Autumn Landscape
seasonal colours paint the everyday landscape clouds, raindrops and leaves Kim M. Russell, 2017 My tenth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Shadows and light
green shadows and light fade and autumn finds its voice a honeyed tenor Kim M. Russell, 2017 My fourth response to Carpe Diem Winter Retreat 2017: Life is Beautiful
Leaving the Library
Inside the library, readers are turning leaves, devouring stories and stuffing words up sleeves to ponder at their leisure, while some are just hiding from the autumn weather. Outside the library and just inside the door, brittle leaves skitter in huffs of dust across the floor, cart-wheeling freely, while some are just hiding from the […]
Seasonal Impressionism
allusive brush of mist and dew dissolves fields the landscape becomes a swirling maelstrom trees are beaching whales Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Fussy Little Forms: Shadorma This week Marian is hosting the weekend mini-challenge; she says she was thinking about how she’s been a bit stuck lately, […]
Music of Autumn
tiny yellow flame of a goldcrest catches fire golden autumn light Kim M. Russell, 2017 Images found on rspb.org,uk My response to Carpe Diem #1271 The Last of His Name (BrunuhVille) In a new episode of the CDHK luster-month, Chèvrefeuille has brought us not only a new lay-out with a parchment background, but also […]
Spiced with Autumn
This landscape is rimmed with mudflats, salt marshes and shifting sands. Stubbly fields smoulder with an ever-autumnal aura, tinged with incandescent flames of purple knapweed and sky-blue chicory, bitter and peppery, spiced up with the sweet perfume of crushed clover, wild marjoram and broom. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille […]
Fading
The last honeysuckle of the year airs her fading blooms. They no longer exude perfume, nor do bees come near; their candy colours have faded, outdone by copper costumes trimmed with berry red and drenched with autumn’s overpowering leaf mulch scent. Kim M. Russell, 2017 For dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night I wrote this […]
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