vernal equinox a celestial boundary traversed by the sun Kim M. Russell, 21st March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of Light.
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through fluid darkness a meteor shower streams with not a ripple Kim M. Russell, 20th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of Light.
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a flash of sunlight brushes a pigeon’s feathers morning has broken Kim M. Russell, 19th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of Light.
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glutinous frogspawn glistening in the choked pond dotted with tadpoles Kim M. Russell, 18th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy of Light.
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sun scorches catkins an extraordinary bronze jauntily gleaming Kim M. Russell, 17th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light In a new retreat, we have a period of 30 days to create haiku and tanka on the theme of The Joy Of Light.
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green luminescence incipiency of buds dancing on the breeze Kim M. Russell, 16th March 2019 My response to Carpe Diem’s Light Retreat 2019: The Joy of Light What a delight! I’ve returned from a hiatus, during which I visited my daughter and grandson, and spent a weekend in London, have managed to catch up with […]
Morning Glories
ah! morning glories are at their best while I chant my morning prayers Kyoroku by sunset they have faded their colours smothered by night from creeping shadows comes the sound of ringing bells my evening prayers to wake to glorious blue in sunlit sky and garden Kim M. Russell, 27th February 2019 My response to […]
Leafless Tree
the crow has flown away; swaying in the evening sun, a leafless tree Natsume Soseki an abandoned empty nest and a single black feather Kim M. Russell, 26th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1614 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (18) free styling Today’s challenge is to use haiku of our own choice, which […]
Grieving
hige kaze wo fuite boshu tanzuru wa tare ga ko zo who is it that grieves, the wind blowing through his beard, for late autumn? Matsuo Basho (Tr. R.H.Blyth) raindrops drip from willow leaves, pooling memories and leaves Kim M. Russell, 24th February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1613 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 […]
Plume Grass
While you decline to cry, high on the mountainside a single stalk of plumegrass wilts. Ō no Yasumaro (circa 711), (Tr. Michael R. Burch) Tortured by wind, rain and sun, it has stopped its whispering. Kim M. Russell, 21st February 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1612 Tan Renga Challenge Month 2019 (16) plumegrass Today […]
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