My response to Carpe Diem Special #214 Mandarin Duck by Buson For this CD Special Chèvrefeuille has asked us to write a haiku with the same sense, tone and spirit as the following by Yosa Buson: mandarin duck – rain falls silently from an oak © Yosa Buson (1716-1783) Mandarin Ducks faithful yin and yang […]
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
Weary of my Wisdom
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #167 “Collage Special Edition” “I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey.” Is a quote from Nietzsche. Collage by Laura Bloomsbury be sure to stop by her blog! The signpost said there were One and a half miles still to go But […]
A Thorny Crown
My response to Carpe Diem #995 Holly jagged crown of thorns with a sheen of evergreen pagan protection burning with blood red passion against the low winter sun © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Nature’s Eye
My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt – Look Out – #writephoto Looking out from the darkness… Nature’s eyelid is cracked and made of stone, Fixed on a landscape of green, rust, and grey; She observes the landscape coming undone, Its tree-crowned hills tumbling between fields and sky. Bent trees breast the north wind […]
From White to Red
My response to Carpe Diem #994 Hawthorn pungent lacy blooms thorn-pinned to springtime hedgerow bleed haws in autumn © Kim M. Russell, 2016
Moonlight, Ducks and Snow
My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #106 “snow melting” (Kobayashi Issa). This week our inspiration is a haiku written by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) snow melting– where ducks are nesting soft moonlight © Issa and […]
Wait for me
Screwing up his face, Simon squinted and fixed his eyes on the fireflies dancing and leaping above the wooden fence at the bottom of the garden. It was a late summer afternoon and he remembered his father telling him that fireflies only came out when it was dark. The six-year-old boy stood on tiptoe a […]
Coulrophobia
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Music Prompt #50: Send in the Clowns I don’t like clowns, They make me scared; The ones with red noses and untameable hair, Send them away. I don’t feel safe. I don’t approve. Rowdy, disruptive and always on the move, Boisterous clowns. I don’t like clowns. I prefer the […]
Fraxinus Excelsior
My response to Carpe Diem #993 Ash Ash, tree of healing, Spreads its leafy canopy, heals the lonely soul with bright berries and winged seeds, helicopters in the breeze. © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on treegrowersdiary.com
Willow in the Rain (reprise)
My response to Carpe Diem #992 Willow – I have taken one of the first poems I posted last year, deconstructed it and turned it into a tanka. a bothersome breeze buffets the willow bending with the weight of tears, holding up anaemic clouds above our soggy garden © Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 