sepia season with hints of russet and gold foggy colour-wash Kim M. Russell, 2nd November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1536 Autumn … the season During November, all Carpe Diem prompts will have something to do with autumn, with classical and non-classical kigo (season words) and haiku to inspire us, starting with a haiku […]
Tag: Autumn
Releasing the Moon
bright fall day the brook wanders off its shimmer lingers in the rotting rags of leaves […]
Autumn Begins with a Comma
At the end of the summer Butterflies transform: Commas pause and magically become Dead leaves suspended from trees, Eventually turning, Falling into autumn. Kim M. Russell, 14th September 2018 My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: School Days, School Days, Good Ole Golden Rule Days . . . also linked to Poets United Poetry […]
mugi no aki
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 […]
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, […]
