page of poetry words are pinned like butterflies until they’re spoken © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1067 poetry reading Today the prompt is ‘reading poetry’. Chèvrefeuille has reminded us that reading haiku is different to the usual way we read poetry as haiku or tanka are […]
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My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Fragility of Arrangements
They had made the arrangements. She walked away on blown out Egg shells, spearing embryos On her Manolo Blahnik stilettos, Whipping up meringue in her wake, Its dull crunch a reminder Of her empty womb. How easy it was to suck From a relationship all the smooth Creaminess and leave The fragility of arrangements To […]
A Breath of Fresh Air
After the claustrophobia of curtains closed before dusk, she feels like a smudged shadow tucked in her bowl of cardboard cornflakes. Stepping into the smoky light of a milky autumn morning, she pegs out her washing, a stronger penumbra, inhaling deep into her marrow the aroma of damp meadow flowers and grass crushed underfoot and […]
The Morning After
steam-rollered by waves whipped up by wuthering wind the beach is uncreased sloping down to kiss the tide in ebb-and-flow afterglow © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1066 beach Chèvrefeuille has chosen a few haiku by Jane Reichhold as examples for today’s prompt: beach: the beach is clean with new driftwood […]
Strokes and Shadows
Economy of line and shade conveys so little and evokes so much. With brush strokes and touch the artist captures: a curved line – the rim of a hat; a charcoal shadow – a gloved hand; a vermillion smear – a pair of lips whisper of blush. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Rene Gruau […]
Kyrkogrim
The petal silk of her skin, Pronounced against a gloam of hair, Rescinds the black glitter of her eyes, Void of warmth And deep as space. Keeping safe Her staggered spirit Wrapped in the density of tweed, Shibboleth of widow’s weeds In hues of night and shadow, Some may think she is unhinged, The ringer […]
Measuring Space
Orion’s belt buffed and glistening with stars a string of diamonds measuring the giant’s waist across the expanse of space © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.constellation-guide.com My response to Carpe Diem Special #220 Orion, a haibun by Dolores Fegan our featured haiku poetess In the last CD-Special for this month, Chèvrefeuille has shared […]
Winter Stars
winter sky pulsates silent dance of silver stars saturnalia © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.gettyimages.com My response to Carpe Diem #1065 stars Chèvrefeuille has reminded us that the tribute to Jane month is almost at an end and that In this last week of September we have only one season to go, winter. […]
Falsely Yours
naïve and pretty young girl in a floral dress shrinks from your caress bright squares of sunlight making patterns on the floor but no open door a caged bird of prey falsely yours until she flies into a clear sky held by silver chains the trappings of wealth and fame it’s only […]
Ocean Sculpture
salt-soaked and sun-bleached sculpted by the toss of waves abandoned driftwood © Kim M. Russell, 2016 d r i f t w o o d // @gracielynnfuller found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1064 driftwood In this episode of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chèvrefeuille has shared with us for inspiration the following haiku on […]
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