mushrooms not yet that many days of autumn dew a forest of ashen moons sprouting from the earthy mulch pine mushroom with its ragged top it’s like a pine tree snowy spores a prediction early sprinkling of winter glistening dew not spilling from bush clover still it sways the watery weight of dawn in a […]
Tag: Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
No Vacancies
in vacant windows no chintzy drapes or roses just my reflection staring back from the darkness or a ghostly resident Kim M. Russell, 27th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1554 Haunted Houses (modern kigo) Today’s modern kigo, ‘haunted houses’, has been taken from Jane Reichhold’s Dictionary of Haiku, from the section autumn and […]
Waving
carried on the wind pampas grass and summer birds waving our goodbyes carried on the wind from tops of snowy mountains chilled scent of winter pampas grass and summer birds become memories feathery plumes waving our goodbyes until the cherries blossom long dark days ahead Kim M. Russell, 27th November 2018 My response to […]
On the Road to Winter
such glamour of leaves a blaze of gold and copper heading down the road Kim M. Russell, 26th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1552 autumn colours along the highway (CD Imagination) It’s the final week of Carpe Diem’s month of autumn celebration and today we have an image for inspiration, which was taken […]
Orchids in Autumn
while outside leaves drift orchids bloom in the kitchen blush on a grey day Kim M. Russell, 20th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1548 orchids (ran) (classical kigo) Today we have a classical kigo for autumn to work with: ‘orchid’ (ran). We also have a haiku by Buson on Ran, written in 1777: […]
The Day Starts with a Papier-Maché Cat
it is seen in the papier-maché cat the morning of autumn the rising sun on its back […]
Rocks and Peaks
blue meditation nature builds a stack of rocks facing mountain peaks Kim M. Russell, 16th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Extra Recently the CDHK linking widget has changed, which means that there are adverts which disrupt our enjoyment of each others’ Japanese poetry. In order to try out a new linking […]
Autumn in Abstract
between fall and swirl of russet and golden leaves a sudden cloudburst Kim M. Russell, 16th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1546 Abstract Autumn Today our challenge is to think outside the box and create Japanese poetry from a visual prompt of abstract art: an autumn painting in which we cannot see recognisable […]
Moonlight and Water Fowl
fishing for the moon on the ripples of the lake a gaggle of geese fishing for the moon pine needles float to the shore frosted with silver on the ripples of the lake splintered into stars a new galaxy a gaggle of geese diving for fragments of light shivering feathers Kim M. Russell, 15th November […]
Autumn Lamplight
it’s dark by teatime shadows crowd round the lamplight butter melts on toast Kim M. Russell, 14th November 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1544 autumn lamplight (aki no hi) Today our challenge is to create haiku, tanka or another Japanese poetry form with the given classical kigo, autumn lamplight (aki no hi), for which […]
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