Shadows spill into living rooms; at four o’clock, car headlights blaze, terrace windows glow and televisions flicker. The trees know: their sap retreats, they shed their leaves, drops of colour pooling where they stand, swirls of colour blowing in the wind. Every afternoon, well before three, I pull on hat, gloves and Wellington greens for […]
Tag: Autumn
Autumn River Song
riversong wind blown from autumn trees a stream of gold © Jane Reichhold ripe notes of nuts and berries eddy in a whirl of leaves weeping skies rain soaks fallen foliage diluting colour russet fading into grey seasonal evanescence bonfires burn detritus and dank decay curling on the air musical sigh of the breeze comforting […]
Autumn Reflections
reflections of autumn tumbling earth and rust diluted in ripples of a river swept under a bridge © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image courtesy of Bastet My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P Shadorma & Beyond – Full Circle – October 15, 2016 Today Bastet has told us about the shadorma: where it comes from, its form and […]
Goodbye to Summer
After the heat of summer, I welcome the chill of autumn, the expressive rolling clouds, dramatic sunsets and flash storms. It’s almost as if the lion of summer is standing at the door of the season until autumn pushes him out – and this year it has been a long transition. In our garden, leaves […]
Autumn Swans
I am waiting For Bewick’s swans migrating After summer mating In windy Arctic wastes, Blowing in snow clouds from the north, Below them, glow of autumnal earth. Quite soon, A gentle trumpeting will fill the sky, Heralding cloud-white cheeks and breasts, And winter wildness. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.telegraph.co.uk My poem for imaginary […]
Sheaves in Autumn
Sheaves of cloud weeping seeds of rain on plane leaves wet and black echo muffled on the lawn- it’s autumn again. Remembrance of the sheaves of men harvested from French fields engenders tears from heaven for those who were slain. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma […]
Anticipating Autumn
arid summer creek anticipates a shower tumbling autumn leaves © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1057 creek Today we have another episode inspired by Jane Reichhold’s saijiki “A Dictionary of Haiku” and the prompt is creek, a modern kigo from the Summer Terrestrial section. The examples of haiku by Jane are: summer […]
Autumn Butterflies
Flickers of orange and crimson wings Energised by the sun, Blunder into September As leaves that twirl And wildly whirl In innocent passion For the balmy glaze Of early autumn days. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image copyrighted: Isadora Gruye Photography. Reprint only with permission. My response to imaginary garden with real toads Out of Standard […]
Autumn’s Artistry
late afternoon sun tinges the sky apricot gilding the garden autumn flicks its loaded brush in a flaming colourwash © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Special #217 Dolores’ 1st paintbrush flowers (tanka) This month our featured haiku poetess is Dolores from Ada’s Poetry Alcove. Dolores was the winner of the […]
The Scent of an Autumn Embrace
On a walk in the woods, the autumn consumes us, Enveloped in the essence of damp leaves and humus Intermingling with spice from the depths of your overcoat, The scent of your body and your freshly washed clothes. The seaweed and sand smell of salty mist from the coast Leaves a chill on our skin […]
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