Tag: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai

Another Year Gone

another year is gone a traveller’s shade on my head, straw sandals at my feet                         Matsuo Basho old places are left behind unknown landscapes lie ahead             Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1665 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (12) ‘special’ Basho: Miscanthus bud Today […]

Only Tracks

late summer alone on the beach with only tracks                                           Jane Reichhold warm sand rubs between tired toes enticed by the wash of tide seagulls overhead melancholy messages scribbled in the sky returning them to sender below on the empty beach                   Kim M. Russell, 16th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1664 Tan Renga […]

Watching a Snail

I bow to my master Matsuo Basho told me the way to watch a snail                                         Chèvrefeuille haiku spiral from its shell and unravel in its trail                                Kim M. Russell Kim M. Russell, 13th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1662 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (9) Watching a Snail In the first episode […]

Looking Ahead

cricket silence between scraping sounds autumn begins                               Jane Reichhold in a spiral of russet first kamikaze leaf falls                   Kim M. Russell, 10th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1661 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (8) Beginning of Autumn Today’s haiku from which to create a […]

Wisteria

in the moonlight, the colour and scent of the wisteria seems far away                                          Yosa Buson intertwined with hazy mist rising with birds from the lake              Kim M. Russell, 9th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1660 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (7) Wisteria Today our inspiration comes […]

Wintry Gusts

kogarashi ya mezashi ni nokoru umi-no iro Wintry gusts: on the sardine still lingers the ocean’s color.                                     Gaki (Tr.: Ueda) Clinging sweetly to the tongue the honeyed taste of summer.              Kim M. Russell, 7th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1658 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (5) Wintry gusts The haiku for today […]