spring rain is falling islands drenched in rose and pine Matsushima tides Kim M. Russell, 15th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1522 Matsushima … an amazing sight (CD Imagination) Today our challenge is to create haiku or tanka inspired by an image of Matsushima, a city on the northeast coast of Japan’s Honshu […]
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Flexibility of Water
sparkling water purls into rugged rocks and stones a new path is carved Kim M. Russell, 14th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1521 Lao Tzu … flexibility of water Carpe Diem’s festive 6th anniversary month is halfway through the alphabet and today we have arrived at the letter L for Lao Tsu: the […]
Kanshicho
comfy in bed I listen to the night breeze rustling leaves Kim M. Russell, 11th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1520 Kanshicho … in the way of Chinese poetry (free-styling with haiku) I can’t believe we have already reached the letter K f- or Kanshicho, a free-style haiku form that Carpe Diem explored […]
A Junicho Year
leaf-fall beneath a growing pile an acorn among the red, gold and brown a splash of purple crocus walking in fog through the softness of a glove I feel your hand footsteps echo together with the beating of our hearts in the graveyard heads of faded flowers droop frost-muted crossing the bridges of time quiet […]
Inkstone
poet’s brush is full black shadows from an inkstone forming words Kim M. Russell, 9th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1518 Inkstone and pencil (free style) Chèvrefeuille says that nowadays we have computers, tablets and smart-phones but in Basho’s days they used inkstone and a pencil. He has reminded us of a previous […]
Hope
while leaves are falling hope flows in a fresh young shoot surprised by late sun Kim M. Russell, 8th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1517 Hope (Imagination) This month all of the Carpe Diem prompts follow the letters of the alphabet and today we have the letter H. The challenge is an imagination […]
Birds in Autumn
blackbirds give the best of their autumn repertoire geese honk and harangue Kim M. Russell, 8th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1516 Robin D. Gill, a haiku poet pur sang (Out Of The Box) In this Monday’s episode we have arrived at the letter G for the modern haiku poet, Robin D. Gill. […]
Kindheit
einfache Freuden mit Dreirad im Kreis fahren fallende Blätter Childhood simple pleasures riding round in circles on a tricycle falling leaves Kim M. Russell, 4th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1515 French Haiku (Haiku Francophone) In the latest episode of Carpe Diem’s sixth anniversary month, we’ve arrived at the letter F and a […]
Exile
a one-way ticket becoming free again broken sunflower heartsick for the scents of home ripened fruit and failing leaves Kim M. Russell, 4th October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1514 Exile (Tan Renga Challenge) In today’s episode, we have E for Exile and the challenge is to create a tan renga from one of […]
Dreamer
stalking by moonlight I chase shape-shifting shadows in monochrome dreams Kim M. Russell, 3rd October 2018 My response to Carpe Diem #1513 Dreamer We have already got to the letter D for ‘dreamer’.
writing in north norfolk 